The Place Within explores not only my personal experiences, but my attempts to look at the world through the eyes of someone else. This collection is a journey into some of the darkest corners of our world and stretches towards the bright fields in our universe. After reading these poems, I hope that the reader will look at others less subjectively than I have and see that we all have beautiful scars. More importantly, to discover that God is not hard to find... you just have to gaze into the place within; realize who you have buried, fess up and surrender.