2021 has been the most darkest, most inspirational time of my existence. Poetry has saved my life in a way that nothing else has been able to; not my friends, partner, and especially not my family, who don't seem to know what to do with this side of me. Words have been my outlet and the only way to release some of the feelings inside me. Some of these are dark, some are whimsical, some are funny, and some tell a story. Thank you for listening to my story, told in poetry.