The Skin I'm In

🏆🥇🏅Winner of the 2019 ANGIE THOMAS O.V.O.S AWARD🏆🥇🏅 A personal favorite by the judges and described as a story that "touches your soul and teaches you a lesson, makes you think." Follow 17 year old Nyla Baedee through her journey of self love, self confidence, and self discovery, as she finally learns to love th...

Beauty

I wrote this poem on October 12th, 2006. I had just turned 17 and I was in a terribly abusive relationship. I don't have many of my poems left but I'm hoping this one I saved will touch someone.