One cannot always tell what it is that keeps us shut in, confines us, seems to bury us, but still one feels certain barriers, certain gates, certain walls. Is all this imagination, fantasy? I do not think so. And then one asks: My God! Is it for long, is it for ever, is it for eternity? Do you know what frees one from this captivity? It is very deep serious affection. Being friends, being brothers, love, that is what opens the prison by supreme power, by some magic force. Vincent van Gogh, letter to his brother, July 1880 (ruby's letters may be read in any order, but the oldest is no 1.)

(Previously known as Facebook Crush? - Unedited version) It started out with a friend request. Violet didn't plan to fall in love-especially through Facebook, but she couldn't help but be drawn to his sweet personality-and those mesmerizing brown eyes of his. But everything had a price and happiness couldn't last forever. Join Violet and Noah on an adventure of a lifetime, as they experience many firsts-including loss. Paperback now available on Barnes&Noble, Amazon and Book Depository! Ebooks is now available on Barnes&Noble, and ibooks! *Published by Crowdscribed* *Wattys 2012 Special Award: Jawdropping Scene winner* *Featured story (6/30/15)* *Promoted story for Lays Wavy (9/24/15)*

Bits and pieces of my life enter at your own risk.

This is a book of some poems I've written recently. Some are about me, some are about books, and some are about something else entirely. Either way, I hope you enjoy reading them as much as I enjoyed writing them.

~♥~Poetry~♥~ A collection of poems I have written. Some are old, some are new. Most of them are written from experiences I've had in life...