Your illustrations really add to the poems, did you study art at all or is it just something you enjoy doing? One that's filled me with so much compassion I'm left softer and kinder for the world. But to see the book come to fruition was such a graceful blessing. Never did I think my poems would become that. The way a small child might dream of visiting Disneyland, I dreamed of writing books. To have those poems published was like a dream come true. What was it like to have your poems published? And come back to it with fresh eyes some other time. Until it feels like I've gotten out everything that needed to be written and then I will put it away. and then when I'm finally ready, when I feel fully in tune with myself and the emotions I will switch to something instrumental. I give myself time to sink into his voice and his words. The process begins by listening to Qawwalis by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. And if I don't get to a laptop, or some pen and paper right away, it almost feels like they might rot inside of me. And so when I'm out there, going through my day, the poems are generating themselves and if I'm not writing them out, then they're building up inside me. This buildup is basically all the ideas my mind has turned into poetry over the past few days because I get inspiration through my interactions with the world. It's almost like an anxiety building up in my stomach.

That sounds a little odd, I know, but let me explain: Usually I know when I have to write because I begin to feel this tug in my heart. So now I usually write when my body tells me I have to. But with school, travelling, and doing shows it's become a lot more difficult.

Milk and honey love poems