This is my story. It’s an autobiographical novel based on the poems I wrote battling depression, finding happiness and being diagnosed with brain cancer. It is not a self-help book. Depression took me to the brink of ending my own life, I coped by writing poetry. I have had an unusual and unexpected life, I have learned lessons that can help others. My life’s purpose is to share my story, to shed a light on the darkest of minds and to use my freedom from myself for good.