Who is She? Poetry and Prose

I started writing poetry when I was 6 years old.  It was a release for so many feelings I was experiencing.   There was anger, love, betrayal, growth, and a young girl looking at life through eyes she felt many people didn't understand.  As I continued writing, my voice changed.  When I became a teenager, I lost that voice.  It was damaged by words spoken to me that could never be returned.  The person who said those words impacted my writing from the days they uttered the letters of my pain.  In my high school English class, I wrote a short story about an animal I wished I could be.   I chose a cheetah.   I wanted to run away from everything and everyone who was hurting me.  I had put poetry down, but it never abandoned me.    When I became an adult,  I  began to find my words again.  The issue became the one I wanted to help me amplify my voice, but instead attempted to silence it even more.    That was the reason I spoke louder.   I refused to have the voice God gave me silenced.    I began writing again, letting not just poetry but journal entries and prose express my thoughts and feelings.   20 books later,  the thoughts,  feelings, and imagination continue to flow.   I now share with the world the words that were almost silenced.