Characters

Hey guys :) I decided to change things up a bit today, and instead of posting samples of writing, I was going to give my schpiel on creating stories, poems and just writing in general. For me, when writing stories, you can have the best plot ever, but if your characters stink, your story won't be good. Characters that people can relate to, sympathize with and understand are the most valuable characters.

The Bucket List Part II

The Bucket List Continued

The Bucket List

I've been writing a lot of poems recently, so I wanted to throw in some prose as well :) This is a short story called "The Bucket List". I'm putting up the first part today and the second part tomorrow. This story is about love and loss, and I hope you enjoy it :)

His Favorite Dessert

Hey guys :) If you read my "About Me" page, you know that my grandfather is an extremely special person in my life. He introduced me to books and literature, which eventually became my whole life. He died in 2008 and 5 years later, I wrote this poem about him. His favorite dessert that his described in this poem is a Pineapple Upside-Down Cake. I love my grandpa very much and miss him everyday. This is dedicated to my late grandfather, Sadao Moriyama :)

Returning Home

Recently, I lost someone very special to me. My grandmother, Mitsue Yokota passed away on July 10 following complications. She lived a full 95 years of life and prior to her passing, returned from a trip to Vegas on Friday, went to the bon dance on Saturday and fell ill on Sunday. I carry her name as my middle name and I couldn't be anymore proud of that. While waiting in the ICU for doctors to let us know if she was strong enough to have the operation done, I wrote this poem. At first I was filled with anger and pain, why would someone take my grandmother from me? But then I remembered that by leaving us, she was no longer in pain, no longer tethered down by worldly needs and no longer just a human. She could watch over us from afar and guide us from there. So this poem reflects on the change of emotions, from anger and grief to acceptance and peace.

An Ode To Love

Hey guys, so recently I've been posting up some pretty heavy material, so I decided that today I would take a break from being on my soapbox about society's many flaws, and post a happier poem for a change. This poem, "An Ode To Love" is pretty self explanatory. It describes the love that a girl feels from her lover. Love was always a big part of my life, and yes, like all my poems, this one was written from experience. I had a bad history with love before (haven't we all?) but my newest (and I hope last) love has shown me that there's a lot in the world to be thankful for, and the sky truly is the limit when it comes to showing how you feel about someone. It's thanks to him that I don't hate how I look, that I've stopped cutting and that I've learned to truly love who I am. To me, what's important to remember about love is that you are no longer solely affected by your decisions. Someone else will be too. :)

X

This next poem, called "X" addresses another societal issue that I feel strongly about. Cutting is something that has a social stigma, which I don't think it deserves. For those who are unaware or confused about cutting, it's not something that just "emo" kids do. Some people cut to punish themselves, some to make emotional or mental pain become physical and others because they feel alone or lost. I feel like cutting has an enormous stigma which it doesn't deserve. I am in no way encouraging cutting, it endangers not only the person afflicted but others around them. Please enjoy this poem, which gives a new perspective on this stigma. As always if you know someone who has this problem, comfort them, help them and let them know they're loved. Please feel free to leave comments :)