Ashley McBean Biography

My name is Ashley McBean and I am 18 years old. I was born in Lewiston, Maine and lived there for two years after my birth with my mother and my grandmother. I was very ill when I was young and can still get very ill today. I started writing poems when I was young and have always loved it. One of my poems were published in sixth grade and it was a simple one about butterflies. When I write poems they are my feelings about what I am writing. Love, death, pain, or just plain happy and other feelings. They come from my heart. Writing doesn't have to be a career or a talent. Anyone can learn to write poems. Learn to channel your feelings into words that are strong, powerful, and meaningful. I wrote poems of my real father who I didn't even know existed until I was nine years old. I always thought the father I am living with now was my real one and I still do. Those poems will soon be published on here and you can feel how I felt. Don't keep your feelings inside, let them out. Write them down on paper, write a song, talk to someone about it. Do whatever makes you feel safer and comfortable. But never ever keep them inside. They will eat at your concious until you just burst and sometimes hurt someone who cares for you. I have learned that the hard way. Don't be afraid to show your feelings. It helps.