The Poetry of A Hardened Teenage Mind

You will find herein a collection of poems from my adolescence. In here I catalog the questions I asked the world and the cynical analyses that helped rationalize my human experience.

I wasn't always depressed or sad in those times, and actually experienced periods of immense joy. However, poetry was something I usually did when in a state of negative emotion. I wrote things down when I was in poverty and when I was an illegal immigrant with little options for work or higher education, to name a couple.

The darkness and questioning nature of my young adolescent mind has evolved to one of more positivity and excitement. I publish this with the intention of showing that there is always a way out, no matter how bleak the circumstances.