Full Title: A Collection of Poetry About Being LGBTQIA+ and Proud: Follow My Lead, Rainbow of Joy, It’s Okay I Promise
 
Figuring out a way to maneuver being accepted for exactly who you are maybe challenging for some people. For members of the LGBTQIA+ community this reality may be that much more challenging. Through this collection we attempt to forge a bond between the poet and the listener. The hope is that by taking someone's hand and walking them through the things that they need to hear in order to know that it's okay to be who you are, it will no matter what that is or what that means. In Follow My Lead we offer a helping hand to those who don't know how to free themselves from the opinions of other people. In Rainbow of Joy we are taken through a visual experience of what it would really be like if the rainbow truly had a leprechaun at the end with the pot of gold who was willing to grant wishes. In an attempt to make the connection between the way we accept the beauty of the most untouchable thing, a rainbow, but find it very difficult to accept what a rainbow in our lives presently means. And finally, in It’s Okay I Promise we experience a friendship poem. One that reminds us that all of the things that make us stand out to other people, all of the things that make us different are also the same things that make us special and an individual. All of those things are okay, I promise.