"Poetry has long been my therapy, and I began writing it many years ago, not for the pleasure of anyone else, but for the good of my own soul. Over time, friends have voiced appreciation for the sentiments I express in my poems, so I have been encouraged to share these poems with others. Now that a group of them are in print for the first time, my hope is that many will find as much consolation and pleasure in their words as I have." -- Erik Collins
