My life is a story, but I prefer to call it poetry. In a few lines and stanzas I am able to express myself, and how I am feeling. I use symbolism, literary devices, and just everything I need for other to feel my emotions as they read my poems. In a rough time poetry is my therapy. This is because sometimes you can tell someone everything and they still will not understand, but reading my poetry they will. When I was nine years old I read “Where the Sidewalks Ends” by Shel Silverstein. After that I found a great interest in poetry. At first I would mock Silverstein’s work. It was when my grandmother died that I began to at act out. At this young age I did not know how to control my emotions. One day I was in my room so upset in tears and