Sometimes

I sometimes feel so happy. Like God let me taste a little piece of heaven. When all of the pain and stress melts away and all there is left is perfect bliss. You know that feeling? I sometimes catch myself in a moment, in a moment when I realize that I am so incredibly blessed to have all the things that I have, the people that I love, and the head on my shoulders and passion in my heart. I sometimes see all the things around me stop in a standstill and I get to see all the beautiful things that God made, perfect just the way they are; from the ant to the sun. I sometimes think that if just for one moment even for a minute, everyone could feel just the way that I felt at that moment, everything would be okay, and the world would just slow down for just enough time to realize who we are as individuals. That God made each and every one of us different, but perfect. That I don't have to try so hard to fit in, and to be just like her to please him. I sometimes wish that everyone could see that.

Poetry

What author, living or dead, would you most like to hear read?

One thing that I must say is that I love poetry. I love poetry so much that sometimes I even try to write it myself, even though it doesn't always sound as good on paper as it did in my head. With saying that, I would love to hear any poet read their own poetry aloud because they know better than anyone exactly what it means, most of the time coming from the heart. There is so much emotion and heart felt thoughts behind writing, it's beautiful, so who better to read their own artwork than the creator of the piece?! Nikki Giovanni is one of my favorite authors. Although her work can be very graphic and brutal at times, I feel as though she writes as though she is talking to a friend, as if she is sharing every bit of her life with the world. It is just so captivating and she steals my attention every time.