This collection of poems about life was written over the course of fifteen fundamentally important years. I was a teenager and young adult who wrote to help me to understand my feelings about life, death, and how to cope. I learned through my writing of this book, that you don't have to piece everything together all at once and you don't have to reconstruct your life alone. There are many inspirations that come your way while you go through your straight edges, corners, and funny-shaped pieces of life. These pieces will form a picture you show others. "The Puzzle Called Life" is my picture that I want to share with you.