❝ everything inside of me is living in your heartbeat. ❞ © nate k. 2015

Lyra knew that one day she would be set into an arranged marriage like a chess piece. She had been preparing for it her whole life, and she was almost alright with her fate. But she never thought that her father would choose the man that he did. That decision changed everything. The King of Whales is ruthless, more than twice her age and surrounded by tainted gold and loads of unsavory rumors. There have been many wives of his before Lyra, with no explanations to the untimely deaths of the previous five. With each dead Queen came more money from their kingdoms, straight into the King's portly lap. Disguised as a young man, Lyra runs from her duty as the only Princess of Nordic. She cuts her hair, takes her steed and disappears into the night with her father's men hot on her heels. Enter Kaladin's team. Occupation: Mercenaries. Lyra uses skills taught to her by a close, childhood friend and plays herself into the trust of the dangerous strangers until they accept her, or rather, "Navani", into their group. What will happen to her once they see through her web of lies and tricks? Will Lyra give herself up as Princess when she is reunited with her long-lost friend, or will she carry on as a boy with the mercenaries? Follow Lyra to see what she will do when she comes to realize that things have gotten far too big for her to handle on her own. There are assassin's out for her head, king's thirsting for her blood, and an underground network of people who live for her ruin. But there is also an unlikely Prince to defend her, who has some tricks of his own to rely on. The Princess soon sees that she is not nearly as alone as she may have once thought. What will Lyra do when she comes to terms with her destiny? Will she face it this time with her new friends, or will she chose to run away again? Cover made by @-rebellixus-

Try to hear, don't leave me hoping. Please, don't try to quit. Just answer this one simple thing, Can you hear it? Won competition to be published in Creative Communication 2016 Spring Anthology

This poem is dedicated to a book on Wattpad The Good Girls Bad boys, The Good ,The Bad, and the Bullied. by @rubixcube89201 I will be writing poems about each character that I loved or feel should have a poem. A poem written by, Ivyauana ©Copyright 2015 @Ivyauana . All rights reserved.

Winter Trails is an album of my poems, journeying through late fall when the wire of the trees begins to dominate, till the end of January. After promoting it and it soaring to three quarter million reads, Wattpad unceremoniously dumped it. Here it still is though.

"You have to learn to live, kid, not just survive."

Drug- Noun \ˈdrəg\ An illegal and often harmful substance (such as heroin, cocaine, LSD, or marijuana) that people take for pleasure. Excell Young has an addiction. Forget love, forget friends, and forget family. In Excell's world animals can talk. The plants sings. And heavens calling.

These are all poems I have written while going through some very rough times. My depression has gotten the best of me several times and I just want to put my words out there in hopes that someone else can find comfort in them. I wrote a lot of this a couple years ago and I am only 16 at the moment. I hope that if you are going through depression that you can find an outlet for your emotions that doesn't hurt you or anyone else. If you think that it won't hurt the people around you, you are very wrong it hurts everybody. I encourage you to talk to some one and find a person that you can trust everything to.

Religion can be a battle within yourself and everything/everyone around you. ~Hopefully some of this is relatable. Feel free to comment, or message me and talk/vent some of your religious battles, I have no problem with any religion. I stay completely open minded. If you have an idea for a poem on the topic please request in the comments.