"People fear death and love flowers but all flowers grow from dead things. " This is an autobiographical poetry collection, which tells the story of a girl and her first encounter with love and heartbreak and her journey from self-loathing to self-love. (The story is told in a mixture of poems, prose, diary entries, and dialogue.) Those of you who know me well, know that I went through a bad breakup last year. This book is the fruit of that breakup. It is the wounded lovechild of my life before and after a toxic relationship. It is my heart on a plate, Dig in. Trigger warning: Mentioning of mental illness, sex, and self-harm.

poetic mishaps of mine that portray ideas and questions and thoughts and feelings in a non-professional way. it's my outbox.

A self-entitled declaration of unwanted feelings in monochromic sarcasm and jotted down ink.

Scribbles to keep you hopeful and motivated.

❝Let's be more acceptable. Let's not judge a short dress. Let's not judge a lot of makeup. Let's not judge liking sex. Let's not judge her choosing herself over her kids/husband. Let's make it okay to love yourself. At this moment, I can just hope and pray, and do my bit. But I am hopeful. I hope society changed and we didn't end up breaking the branch we've been sitting on.❞ These are a hundred letters to my older self, because if I can do it now, I'll do it then. The only thing I need in it, is myself.

Some of my favorite quotes. I also myself made some, but it's not everyone that's mine and I will give credit if it ain't someone anonym.

Some of my poetry that I've written over the years. Contains: 1. Origami Bird -- I wrote you a letter and folded the paper into the shape of a bird. Then I let the bird fly away into the wind, hoping someday it will reach you. (3 Haikus) 2. Rain -- Is it the Heavens crying... or just me? 3. Where's Daddy? -- A poem about war from the innocence of a child. 4. Mists -- A short mystical poem 5. Perfection / Lies -- Perfection really doesn't exist. 6. Invisible Tears -- When you want to cry, and can't. 7. Farewell -- 1 minute poem, raw 8. Wherever I Am -- It is only the sun and the wind, but it feels like it is you 9. Cherish -- Time is precious 10. I Watched My Angel Go To Heaven 11. It's Not Easy -- Times are rough on teenagers 12. Tantalism -- It's always just out of grasp 13. Drowning -- Some mistakes cannot be undone Copyright Joflower 2002 - Present

Short Stories with seven words yet they have so much meaning.