'our backs tell stories no books have the spine to carry. women of colour - rupi kaur' The harsher way at looking at what its like to be woman of colour, not just in 21st century western society but all around the world. #WomenOfColour #ProjectWomanUp #TalkThePOC

The sky speaks of me.

"Some things in this world cannot be unsaid, Athella - and my love for you, irrefutably, is one of them." In which Rhys pens out her feelings for the illustriously broken Athella Halle. Cover made by @HailPerseusJackson © Makenna Collette (@mack-collette) 2016 All Rights Reserved

"There are a million shades of grey between their black and their white - but no one ever cares to see them." In a world with a limited view of gender, Cam Shills struggles to come to terms with their identity as neither male nor female, a shade of grey in the midst of a sea of black and white. The road to acceptance isn't easy, though, neither for themself nor those around them. "If no one wants to acknowledge who you are, do you really exist at all?" Featured on the @lgbtq page Cover made by @EllinaFatima highest rank-- #16 - 08/09/16 © Makenna Collette (@mack-collette) 2016 All Rights Reserved

Because poetry has an ability to touch our souls, hearts, and minds, it shapes our lives. This is my poetry, and it has shaped my life, and my thinking, and now I am sharing it with you.

I decided to put on Wattpad all the poetry that I wrote down on napkins and on the back of my Algebra notes and in various notebooks. They are poems that I wrote with different inspirations. There is no specific theme or style. I hope you enjoy them. :D