"dedicated to everyone who wonders if i'm writing about them - i am." i don't know which author this quote is from, but it fits. "in absentia" is just something i wrote about love and the lack of it, and also it's effects on me. i kept these poems hidden for a few months, and now they are not only mine; if you feel, even minimally, related to them, they are yours as well.

i went through heaven and hell experiencing love, war, lies, hate, heartbreaks and recovery. every change, wound or memory has its meaning, and "red" explains this, in the most tragic way i could ever fit my words in.

"eclipse" promises to bring love, affection, loneliness, poetry, with a lyrical self that drowns in doubts.

"A Scream for Freedom" narrates the journey of a 17-year-old boy who struggles not with his sexuality, but with how his family reacts to it and how he sees the world after their reaction. All poems written by Jack Wolf, with special assistance from Michaela Watson.