I wrote ‘PAWN’ during a very dark time in my life. You can learn more about that time here. I am a big believer that creativity is not born from ideal, perfect circumstances. Sometimes my favorite work comes from periods of my life when everything is flipped upside down. To create from chaos in healthy and artistic ways is a path I choose to walk instead of sitting and being a passive non-participant in my own life.  A more poetic concept of “when life hands you lemons, make lemonade”.

When I got my sin for the anthology, I knew I didn’t want to explore lust through what felt like obvious choices. I sat with the idea of lust for weeks and decided to revisit the time in my own life when it was a strong energy pulsing through me.  Perhaps one of the most vulnerable times to have lust be such a center focal point in one’s life; high school.