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 INTRODUCTION TO MY BOOK

   I was inspired to write poems and short
stories in the year 2006 because it created a way for me to convey my feelings
of happiness, sorrow, pain, comfort, love and abhorrence. There were many
impediments I reluctantly faced in life, days when I could not face the world
and people who love me, sleepless nights when I kept thinking about the
difficult times I struggled through, these were the moments when I could not
help the dramas i faced. The only thing that made me stronger was when I took
the time to write my feelings, because I could not explain my emotions even
when I spoke to those who cared.

    The most complicated time I went through
was the time I was medically ill. My family never gave up hope and did
everything feasible to make me healthy, but got little results. Even when I
gave up my dreams and hope, my family did not rest at night; instead they were
searching for the bliss I desire. They placed their life on hold to satisfy the
joy I wanted. I was the one who was ill, but I never went through the pain my
family did. Sometimes I think emotional pain is worst than physical pain. I
knew I was hurting them but they never showed me their pain. I gave up in God,
I pushed everyone away hoping they would let go of me, not realising what I did
brought more pain to them. Soon later I realised my family needs me more than
anything else in this world. These were the times I could not face my family to
say the words “I’m sorry.” I wrote poems relating to my life hoping to find a
way to show them my love.

    Some time later, my family made it possible
for me to be healthy once more. Soon later I came up with the idea to publish
the poems and short stories which I wrote at the age of fourteen. Since then
the drive to this endeavour has drowned me intensely as I faced countless
disappointments, but my family taught me to never give up, and I did just that.
I took one step at a time and gradually reached the top.

    A Gentle Wind consists of inspirational
poems and fictional short stories; it was edited by Rampersad Ramsawak, printed
by Printcom Caribbean Limited and released on the 14^th February
2011.