This is the greatest work I will ever release. It is my poetic journey through life, which was a hidden world to those around me. I struggled for so many years to keep it altogether, because I was too scared of the truth that I was living through. I essentially became two people. The girl who appeared to have a good childhood, and the other was a girl who was very broken and torn. I was the only one allowed to know about her. She lived in a world that contained sexual abuse, bulimia, and suicidal thoughts. These are not things that I am proud of, but I lived through them. I lived for so many years without a voice because I feared fear itself. These words were my voice when I could not speak. In my darkest hours I managed to express the pain and hurt I was experiencing through these poems. Some are as far back as fourth grade, while others were recently written. I locked away those darken days, and I completely stopped writing for 10 years. I had lost hope of ever fulfilling my dream, but when all those vial memories came flooding back, I turned to writing. I had locked away so much that I truly believed none of the truth was really real. It was too much to believe. How could I have lived through the hell that I was presented with. It was real, and I did live through it. Today, I am fulfilling my dream of sharing my words with the world. I aspire to help others find their voice, and stop being a victim. I always viewed myself as a weak, insignificant person, but today I stand before you as a strong individual who overcame a mountain of unfortunate events. Thanks to God, I was saved. He saw me through the dark hours, and now the world can hear my voice.