This is just stuff about me. Not very interesting. I'm really into poetry and someday hope to be published...this(my page) is as good as I can get for now. Most of the people I know are really over protective of their work and I can understand that because I'm like that for certain poems. For the most part though, it's just being heard and the thought that something I wrote could possibly hold a deeper meaning to someone other than me.

        It's not really that people know it's my work they're reading....I prefer they don't, that's why I don't like to use my real name. If the reader knows the writer then it affects their opinion on the interpretation of the poem.

        For example if it's a sad poem written by a cheerleader then she is told to seek some help and asked by everyone what's wrong..."Is it your boyfriend?? Did you two get in a fight??". If it's a happy poem written by someone that comes from a broken home, their father molested them and the mother beat them, then they hear things like "Ya it's good....I just expected something a bit....ummmm...different....a little less....upbeat...I'm sure you'll get better at it though!!".

        The way a person acts publicly is a lot different from how they really are. We all wear masks. I ,myself, have the largest collection I've seen so far. I'm not incredibly proud of this but it's a fact about me and this part of my page is about me, so I felt I should mention it. I'm a complete contrast of everything I am!!

        I like all music. I try not to categorize people...seeing as how we have so many faces. I like jocks and punks, I was told that they for the most part are enemies. I don't see why. They're merely two sets of people; one caring more about sports, the other more about music and they dress differently. ex.Two people, Bob and Margaret...they both like cats, they both like the same tv shows, they both like the same drinks, they like everything about each other but they refuse to even be friends because Margaret likes to play rugby and Bob like to skate board. Now I don't know about everyone else but personally I think this is kinda fucked up!!

        I try not to restrict myself from anything. That way I don't miss out on any of the joys of life. God gave us all so much to enjoy, so why waste time picking things apart when we can be out there living every moment to the fullest?!?

        I'm often told not to speak my mind and not to do certain things due to my lack of life experience. The people that say this apparently don't know me as well as they think they do. I am very experienced and for those "simple" people with one track minds I'm not talking about sex!! I've actually done a lot of things throughout my life. I've made a lot of mistakes but I wouldn't take even one back, not even if you paid me!!

        For every mistake I've ever made they're about 10, 000 I'll be able to avoid!! I'm very honest about my life and what I've done in the past. This causes a lot of people to dislike me and think less of me. I don't care. It's me and I'm very proud of myself. It took me along time to be able to say that, even though I don't always think it's true, it took me along time to find out who I really am(I'm actually still kinda working on that one) and even longer to like who I am, now that I do, Even if it's just every now and then, I'm not going to stop simply because some narrow minded person doesn't like something I did when I was 10 or a mistake I made last week!!!

        I am, for the most part, very forgiving... unless someone hurts me real bad. I actually laugh when people try to be mean...I'm pretty easy going most of the time.

        If you think I've left anything important out then just e-mail me at: v_elington@hotmail.com .