Almost a poet

part i: “what the hell was i trying to say?”

I didn’t start writing until I was in elementary school, probably right before the 5th grade, though I’m not certain. There’s bound to be writing from that time somewhere in my mom’s filing cabinets, and I can solidify the time later.

I started writing to express myself, as most do, though didn’t write for long. Outside an assignment or two, I wrote mostly what I now see as gibberish. …