Looking back, I can see all the mistakes I made. I know I can't correct them. I know they can't be undone . But i still hope that I get something better than what I try to get.

"You're alive for a reason. Everything you've passed through will shape you into the ultimate masterpiece because even golds are forged in fire to become jewels." I whispered softly. "And I dare you, Abel Ugochukwu Ejiofor. I dare you to persevere." Lucky Adekunle is a timorous seventeen year old with a mountain of insecurities and unending questions about her family. Even though her name has the word 'Luck' in it, It's the one thing she's never had. All her life she's dealt with an abusive father who wants nothing more than to mold her into the 'perfect child'. But the abuses suddenly become tolerable when she meets a certain boy diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. This is a story of two young adults from turbulent homes and their struggle to make it out alive.

Several of my friends self-harm. This is what I would want to say to them. Warning. May be triggering.

Songs I have written throughout my lifetime. It starts with the oldest and finally gets to my newer ones!

"It's almost like you had it all planned out," I said, my voice trembling, tears welling up in my eyes. "Like you smiled, shook my hand and said, 'I'm about to screw you over'." ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Andi Stark has lost one too many people in her life, and she's only seventeen. Her life is one fucked-up mess until her father ships her off to Seattle for rehab. There she meets the careless, devious and impulsive, Joshua Hudson, who also happens to be the most coveted man in school. Andi is left to discover the real purpose of their paths being crossed: Is Joshua an angel sent from above to redeem her hopeless soul, or is he a devil waiting to wreck her even more?