•There may be some triggers to some people. •This is a glimpse into my world •All my poetry is mine and original please give credit where credit is due •You have been warned. •Read at your own risk

Sometimes we fear truth over reality. But things get dark and heavy and we play the blame game. We end up hurting others or ourselves even. We don't think before we act or we don't say before we do. This is the evolution of my madness. A cluster of rants and thoughts and poems for you guys. Everything is written how I wanted it to be rants will be long with few pauses and there will be mistakes I might have skipped over. Aha. Poems at the beginning from when I was 15 years old to now when Im 18. Truly a visual of my writing evolution. Edited by @ChemicalStarling who writes a lot but never posts! Read on, loves. I'll see you on the other side...

I write when I'm sad, when I'm hurt... so I write in this journal and I guess now I'm posting it on here. They are personal, MOSTLY about people, friends, that I shall not name. Some are different poems too, and I put my heart into everyone of them, But yeah... enjoy? 😄❤️❤️ Recent cover done by @lluunnaarr

~Previously known as 'Dark Poetry'. A poetry book for people who loves the darkness within, who embrace their inner self, who can recognize their lost soul. Get ready for your heart to plunge in a pitch of darkness. Warning: 15+... May be triggering.

Words I wrote , wanted to share 💜 .

Is life what you had hoped it would be? Maybe you had envisioned going out in glory? Through poetry I will try to explain that it's not too late to go out all guns blazing..! These poem's will tackle life and conflict. Both the Glory and the Defeats.. If you like what you see please let me know by leaving a comment and a vote! "Life and Conflict" is currently ranked #55 in the poetry genre! The cover was made by http://my.w.tt/UiNb/1dCaamTHRB Copyright © 2016- by RetroSM9 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other noncommercial uses permitted by copyright law.

*****E-AWARDS WINNER [Third Place in Poetry]***** A selection of poems created when inspiration was plentiful.... This book is now completed! Started: 2015 Ended:2019

**Winner of (Poetry Prize Awards) for (Best Poet) & (Best Poetry book) categories... **Winner of (Le Book Award) for (best Free Verse Poetry Read) **First place winner of The Elimination monthly Awards (June 2017) # My name is Akram Sadiq. I'm a Juilliard student. Piano is my life. Music is my soul. Poetry is my dark secret. Guys are not supposed to be romantic, you know. Please don't read this! You still want to?? Okay! *facepalm* ** ¶¶Akram is a fictional character. All rights reserved™ 《Seriously! Mess with Akram and i WILL sue you!!》 ***THIS BOOK IS CONNECTED TO MY MAIN STORY (MELODY)

Highest Rating: #596 in Poetry! Poetry collection of my own poems. Please enjoy! "Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen." -Leonardo da Vinci "A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness." -Robert Frost "Trees are poems the earth writes upon the sky, We fell them down and turn them into paper, That we may record our emptiness." -Kahlil Gibran "If I had my life to live over again, I would have made a rule to read some poetry and listen to some music at least once every week." -Charles Darwin, The Autobiography of Charles Darwin "Always be a poet, even in prose." Charles Baudelaire

My third poetry collection. "In the story of time and memory, I lost myself in the iridescent smiles. In the end, Everyone else won. But, I lost."