Opening Wounds

It was in between my freshman and sophomore years of high school,

that I wrote my fi rst short story 4 knights in armor, now titled Knights

of Kenai. However, Knights of Kenai was cut from the fi nal version of

this manuscript. Likewise the name of this book, originally it was entitled

Writing my Heart Out but due to personal reasons I thought to change

the title. This book has been ten years in the making and through those 10

years I have added new pieces and taken some out. With all the changes I

fi nally have come to the point where I feel satisfi ed with this fi nal version.

I feel ready to share these wounds with the world. Now when I say wounds

I am referring to my emotions, and thoughts that I put forth into writing

and in these wounds I show how I have been over these past ten years. Some

political and some refl ecting my own life, this is me renewing myself getting

out aggressions through my writings. For me writing about real life or stuff

I am afraid to speak out about helps me in expressing myself. Writing in

other words is a form of therapy. It is through writing that I allow myself

to fully express how and what I am feeling instead of holding it in. Writing

is my escape from this crazy world; I need to do it like I need to breathe.

What I write are my wounds and when I share them I open them. So here

are my wounds, they are now open!