I'm a 14 year old girl who has been through more stress then anyone would believe. Ive struggled so much in life with heart breaks starting when, believe it or not, five years old, I was abanded, abused, raped and molested, and so much more. I would cut myself. I've tried siucide. I just wanted a way out. I was pronounced as depressed, i'm on pills now. i almost was sent to a hospital, but I refused to leave my siblings, so i stayed. Everything is better, now. I let all my pain and hurt from everything come out in my poetry. I've been writing for a few years now, and I've taught myself everything I know. I enjoy reading novels like twilight, and Harry potter. I'm big into the love and fantisy mixtures. I also write some books, its a better way to express my pain, vougly. I love writing, it expresses the pain. It gets me away from the world I'm in. I'm happier now, writing has turned my life around a lot more then any pill, or any councler, phsycologist, and anger manager would, or will. And, I am not ashamed to admit my past, because I don't care what a person has to say about me. I am who I am, accept it, or not, I'm not going to change.

-Alissa Merlein Latak-

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