A Little More Time

As I started putting together my poems for "A Little More Time" I wanted to make sure that I was being as authentic as I could without ending the book on a sad or hopeless note. I decided that the best way to do this was to start with only a few pieces from the years that I felt suicidal and gradually take pieces from my timeline leading up to 2013 when I first started to feel like myself again. One of the most important things that I figured out from writing the last 22 years is that I feel better when I leave off my journals with a positive message. Now, even on my worst days, even if I write 10 pages about how helpless, humiliated, and disgusted I may feel, I will make it a point to turn it around for the last few lines. When I end with pain, I felt pain. When I ended with hope, it left room for me to keep going. I felt a little more free. I felt a little more able to cope with my life and the world around me. There is a lot of truth to the saying " We write our own story." I think that "A Little More Time" is where I first started to realize this. *****"The three poems I have read spoke so directly to me it was almost scary!

Scary and awesomely amazing!" -Author & Artist Kamilah Simone, about Meanwhile on Earth; *****"This collection of heartfelt poems provides hope for the lost, instills a sense of belonging in those who have fallen out of touch with loved ones, and most of all, reminds us that love always wins." - Jennifer Marshall (Creator of This Is My Brave) about A Little More Time; *****"To have your words at my immediate disposal is one of the greatest tools...It is where I feel safe and comforted." - Writer and Singer Danielle Fiorello, on Joe's poetry books;