I Give You My Words..." is the follow up to my debut book "As the Words Flow... a Collection of Prose and Spoken-word Poetry". I wanted to go back in a sense, and re-tell some pivotal stories that led to me finding my way through memoirs, short stories, and poems. I also wanted my writing to exude transparency, honesty, and duality. Sometimes we forget the stories that make us us. More often than we'd like to admit, we lose focus on being ourselves that we never embrace our 'one-of-kindness'. This time around I wanted to start some uncomfortable, but much needed conversations. All while lending my words to the sometimes indescribable, yet universal, moments in life. And in doing so, after all the healing and reflection was done, I have evolved and so have my words... These are my words, and they still linger...