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Skylar Marie

If you don't learn to write your own story, someone else will write it for you

8 poems·Since October 2015

Hi, im a girl who has been dealt a hand of cards that have been through quite a few games of poker, and even though they are a little torn and worn, they still refuse to collapse, I am a very realistic and hardworking person who knows how to find several ways to release all of my pent up emotions, writing being one of them. I have many hobbies, being a very artsy person, singing, dancing, painting, drawing, writing, and cooking are a few of my specialties as well as having a habit of caring a little too much about those that surround me, but "a smile a day keeps the demons away", right? ..."A smile a day shows them it'll be okay"?..."A smile a day shows them the way"? something like that... one of those should be it... I tend to be optimistic but everybody has their down days, "it rains to those that deserve the sun the most, but one must keep in mind that there is always a rainbow, even if your umbrella is blocking the way..."