Writing

• Cause and Effect
  Cause and effect, it's such a simple concept yet it affects nearly everything we do, think or say. It's something I've know for years and felt I needed to express it in my own words. Despite this piece being nearly a decade old, I've still got a place for it here. Perhaps one day I'll rewrite it.
• The Soul
  I rarely write with religious views; in fact even know I loathe to use the word religious. Because I'm not; not in the accepted view anyway. My beliefs, my thoughts, my opinions about life, love and everything can be construed from a religious viewpoint; but they're not really. I wanted to explain what I think the soul is, what part other people play in it, how we are defined by it and also how we define it.
• I'm here
  I was asked to write a short piece on why I decided to go back to college. I should have said it's because it was either this or prison, (Pete - haha) but I forgot that joke as I was just so excited to be learning again. Sad but true. I didn't realise just how short that piece was as my handwriting was bigger than usual (that's what happens when you don't write for a long time and just type everything).
• Wisdom
  Wisdom is constantly being associated with age, the higher the age, the more the knowledge. True, but that doesn't always equal wisdom. I wrote this at a time when I was challenging authority; why did I have to believe something just because you're older than me? The truth was, I didn't. I discovered knowledge is power, but wisdom is acceptance of truth.
• Stronger
  I wrote this at a time when I questioning things around me. About why life plays out a certain way, why we cope with things, how we cope with them. Strength can be found in many different ways and can be applied in many different forms. This piece is about how I cope, how I see things and ultimately, how I live.
• The Battle of Words
  I was asked to write a short essay of certain characters language in the play Much Ado About Nothing, written by William Shakespeare. How the language works, what exchanges happen between characters from this language. I had so many ideas which often derived away from the subject I actually found it hard not to write about other things. I guess I'm trying to cover too much and that's my problem. I've never really had a lot of restraints when it comes to my writing. I write whatever I want and rarely lay out the ground rules. It was interesting none the less to stay within a certain framework.
• Sometimes I cry
  I originally wrote this piece on the back of a napkin. I was in the middle of crying my eyes out but I needed to express why I felt so empowered when crying. To cry has always seen as weak, but I felt it could be more than that. It's a short piece, but then emotions rarely need to be explained; they just are.

Poetry

• Nice guys finish last
  I used to write poetry quite a bit. It felt good to give rhythm to my feelings, made them feel more real on paper. This piece, Nice guys finish last, is the only poem, or writing in general, where I'm highly negative. My reasoning for putting it online is to show that anyone can have negative energies in their life. I'm generally a positive person, I don't mean I'm smiley all the time, but I do go about things to the best of my ability. It reminds me how bad things can so I can enjoy what I have now.