The Hidden Rose: A story of Love and Learning

When I was fourteen, I knew I wanted to be a writer. Reading the phrase "forest, dark" in Longfellow's English translation of Dante's Commedia was enough for me to appreciate and acknowledge the powers of the poet. Ever since, I have tried to move past appreciation into an understanding and assimilation of these powers, to ultimately, some day, wield them myself. I am still in the process of understanding, I am not yet a poet but neither am I the mere observer I once was. I am in the journey now, immersed in the pursuit of discovery and creation. What I am doing here with what you are about to read is simply sharing what I have come to develop so far, not a finished piece but a process. One day perhaps this will turn into something greater, more cohesive and whole, for now I hope you will come to appreciate what I have to offer even if it hasn't yet reached its fullest form.