Driven By Fear I have never been so scared As when I faced my own mind There is a struggle in me A fight not to fail myself Sometimes it seems harder to Reach your own expectations Than others, maybe because They have more belief in you This fear pushes my limits And I am thankful for it If our fear does not drive us What the hell is it good for?

This Moment As the beat of my heart drowns the deafening silence We are a mess of sheets and legs and wandering hands And my head rests on your breathing, rising, falling chest Beneath my skin and in my veins is a need like fire All consuming and magnetic as fate We were two souls separated now reunited Our two lips may not touch but we are still connected Our fingertips pass messages like synapses do And as I feel your touch I can also hear your voice

#haikus My soul finds peace here Among the flowers and grass Where beasts also rest It is here that #life In all its beauty and grace Gives me my purpose Here I am safest I am impervious to #life's slings and arrows I am protected But I am still vulnerable To my own lost mind

Carbon Copy When you first became my mother You started to make pottery You made me a porcelain mask A mask that I still wear today This mask is a kind of persona An image you fashioned for me To fulfil your expectations Of the daughter that you wanted Somewhere beneath the mask you made Is an individual who's lost her voice The last thing I would wish to be Is a carbon copy of you

I Am A Filmmaker Without my lens or tripod stand I am just another Bundle of books and hormones trudging down the hallway To the rhythm of three thousand other individuals What sets me apart is the beautiful ability To capture a fading moment, fleeing memories To find clarity in the busy bustling madness And through my lens I see an angel, one perfect being Who has an ability to match and oppose mine Whereas I perceive beauty, he spreads it to others I wonder which is better, to find joy or make it To preserve the small moments that make us who we are Or to be the person who makes moments worth having