Book excerpt: This book is about my personal journey throughout life. It tells the story of all the people that have touched me emotionally. Although names will not be used, the people who played an active part in the remaking of my character will know who they are. This book also speaks of many untold feeling that I held inside but never knew how to voice them outwardly. When the pains of life are just too great, when I cannot seem to see the light of day the words of faith, love, hope, and trust seem to explode forward from the very depths of my soul onto paper. The road to becoming a poet has been a long one for me the bizarre part is that I have not come to the end what this means is there is room for me to grow. My life has been full of hardships but I would not change anything that has happened because I have come to see that everyone blow I took to my ego, or anytime I was knocked down and got back up, only pushed me one-step closer to the person I have now become. the prolific penman