This poetry anthology is my first publication for 2022 and my first co-authored piece of art. Writing with Gabriel took me on a journey without first asking how prepared I was, how I felt and what it had been so far, it held my hand and took me all the way out, permitted me to cry and allowed to make mistakes, realize the error and make the correction. all I am is human, and I feel all of these things are part of the condition. I am human and that is before anything else.