Take me to a place

Where my mind is no longer cloudy

Where my fears are long gone

A place where I can be happy

Shelter me with love and understanding

Give me guidance and a shoulder to lean on

See the beauty inside me

Notice the glow around me

Fall in love with my innocence

Relish my intelligence

Listen carefully to my words

As they roll off my tongue

Cherish them, for they are me

Write them down in a book

Read them over and over again

Falling in love with who I am even more each time

With my passing

Let me live on through my words

On rainy days

Open my book and bring me to life

And I will bring sunshine to your day

Take me to a place

Where all these things come true

This is my UTOPIA

My perfect world

Take me......

It's deep inside YOU.

-emiko_d




I forgot to mention, this is a kind of way to pay homage to my cousin Ryan. I was thinking of him as I wrote this.  He lives through his words, they define him and I find comfort in his poetry. I hope that one day my words, my poetry, will do the same for those whom I love.

May is Brain Cancer Awareness Month. 

I wear Gray for my niece.

According to the American Brain Tumor Association, about 52,200 men, women, and children are expected to be newly diagnosed with a primary brain tumor this year. From that 52,200, it's estimated that approximately 4,000 children will receive a diagnosis of a primary brain tumor, either benign or malignant. Now these numbers are for PRIMARY brain tumors, this doesn't even account for metastatic brain tumors.


Primary brain tumors are the 2ND MOST COMMON cause of pediatric cancer and are the leading solid tumor cancer deaths in children. THIS IS ONLY IN AMERICA, I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE THE STATISTICS WORLD-WIDE.


Now having said that, I have not seen a single advertisement for Brain Cancer Research and/or Awareness.   NO special walks or runs, NO "if you buy this, then we will donate x-amount of dollars to a Brain Cancer Research Foundation". But yet, I'm looking online for shoes, and Sketchers has BREAST cancer awareness shoe. If you purchase it, they will donate $10.00 to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. I'm not trying to lessen the importance of Breast cancer research, by any means. But for my peace of mind, I would just like to know that we were putting an effort into other forms of cancer research. Brain Cancer specifically. 

-emiko_d