Breaking Free Through Poetry

Before she began writing poetry, author Leanna Smith had no way of getting her emotions out. With the guidance of an inspiring high school teacher, she found a new way of expressing herself. Through the highs and lows of her life, she continued to write, building a collection of verses that serve as a vivid display of sadness and passion. Breaking Free through Poetry presents a compilation of love, loss, tears, happiness, joy, and sadness spanning thirty-one tumultuous years. Every poem she wrote was a lesson that she needed to learn about a situation she had to experience in order to grow. This poetry collection, written over the course of more than thirty years, shares the thoughts, feelings, and stories of one woman s life. Dreams DieI once dreamed that you and IWe d come together like earth and sky,But as you know dreams, they dieWithout a doubt without a sighI wish I was too strong to cryBut this dream left tears in my eyesAnd of course, I ll still tryBecause I ll love her live or die.