If there is one thing that I realize over the years, it's that the grind to be my best self never ends. In August, I was named the Poet Laureate for 2020-2021 in Knoxville, TN. It is an amazing honor to be considered the caliber of poet that can present poetry for an entire city. It is also a weight that I wear with worry and stress. I have to be honest, I never saw myself in this position. I always wanted to be recognized as a great poet one day, but the road was not ver