To My Poetry Soup Family

i wrote my first poem at twelve standing on the school stage and reciting it gave me pride and passion for what i knew was a gift mama wrote it in her dairy but grandma thought i was a hobby that wont earn money but my notebook and my pen were my best friends every word in it was alive to me my sister and friends love what i write but i still hungered to be in a family who love to do what i love to do and who knows and understands how much poetry really means am grateful for my poetry soup family and i hope they know what this means to me