I'm 17 years old.  I lost my mother to stage 4 breast cancer almost 3 years ago in June 2011. I started writing poetry in freshman year, after I got an assignment to write a Shakespearean sonnet. I got high praise, so I decided to write more. Not all of my poems rhyme and some are still in the process of being checked over and revised. I love poetry because it is an outlet for me and helps me convey how I feel through my words when I can't show it through emotions. I hope that you will enjoy my work and I will check out yours. Thanks. :)