My Heart And Prayers Go

I've Been Reading Poetry Publicly For 20 Years, And This Is What You Do - You Express, You Sometimes Dig A Bit To Get A Conversation Started. That's The Point Of Poetry. You're Supposed To Go, 'hmmmm,' And 'woooh!'

I Am A Huge Prince Fan. It's A Very Rare Thing For Him To Have People Open For Him. It's Been The Time And Sheila E., And That's About It. Building A Relationship With Him Has Been Like A Dream Come True. I've Been Looking For A Mentor, And I Feel Like I Have That In Him.

I'm A World-class People Watcher. I Like To Watch People's Body Movements, Their Expressions. It Says So Much About Them.

Back In My Mid-20s I Was Told I'd Never Be Able To Have Children As I Wasn't Having Periods. Doctors Tried To Start Up My Monthly Cycles, But When Nothing Worked, They Actually Offered Me A Hysterectomy. Without It, They Said I Might Get Ovarian Cancer In The Future. I Chose Not To Have The Operation, And Am So Glad I Didn't.

Sometimes I Felt As A Writer I Was Purging, And It Almost Hurt To Purge To That Level. Now It Doesn't Feel That Way, Maybe Because I'm Older. Maybe Life Has Given Me Some Punches, But It Didn't Knock Me Down.