I was first introduced to writing poetry by a very special friend, John Sutherland. I was maybe eight years old and I would get him to read me some of his poetry and I thought to myself one day I want to write poetry and soon after I started to write. At first I hid my poetry afraid that someone would laugh at what I wrote. As the years went by my mom always encouraged me to keep at it and I did. Thank you John for leading me to something I love.