People always ask me why I write poems and I have always answered, “I write poetry when I am bored.” I have been writing poetry since I was ten years old, in long car and bus rides, in long haul flights, in waiting rooms, while on lunch and coffee breaks. Some of them were published in my college newspaper but it was nothing considering that I was one of the literary editors until I graduated. To me, poetry is something that I do to while the time away. After all, I would not want to waste the rays of the morning sun as it streams though the slats of the half open window or the vivid blue sky that peeks through the curtains, I am always prompted to put them on paper. It is a gift and though it has not brought me renown, I am just happy to put a smile to a tired soul.