a.k.a. The Disclaimer!
If you’ve read the About CJ page, then you know a little bit about me. Of course, those few hundred words do not tell you everything about me. I am a survivor of childhood abuse that has unfortunately led to a life-long struggle with anxiety and depression. And it has been a struggle, actually it’s been a battle. Some of the poems you will see here were written during very depressive states. It was a moment of get the words out of my head so I can survive. So, I did. However, some of the poems on this site were merely inspired by life events of other people. Those poems are nothing I have ever experienced myself. And some other poems are just flights of fancy — pure fiction set to poetic verse. I hope you can’t tell from first read which is which. I believe that would be a good sign for a writer — yes! I called myself a writer!