Intimate Pieces is a very personal but objective collection of poems that explores the human soul. Each work contains observations and experiences that Lillie has encountered over the past twenty years. Each piece is full of emotion that almost becomes tangible with every word. Lillie gives a sense of want, relief from pain, a broken heart, a mended spirit and a question of self all in one breath. Her innermost feelings are so real that you wonder if she's been watching your every step, hanging out with your friends or maybe even hired a private investigator to learn more about you....cause...

NO GOODBYE IS FOREVER. After the death of her baby brother, 17-year-old Naomi Knight rediscovers happiness in the hearts of her friends and family. Reveling in the love of all whom are dear to her, she fails to notice the chaos spreading around her. When her friend Natasha Reed is sexually assaulted everything that was once pure falls away. Hate crimes, deception, and pain grip the town of Silver Creek. In the midst of everything, Naomi finds that her life hangs in the balance just as the students of Silver Creek High when one of their own walks into the school, gun in hand, revenge in mind.

A woman's life, as delicate as a flower, and as vulnerable as glass to concrete, pivots on the axis of life and death. Providence can warn her, instinct can shout to her to avoid the looming darkness. but she would discover it too difficult to ignore. Intoxicating and alluring, it would pull her in without effort, and strip away every sense of security she had. All those "it could never happen to me" thoughts would cease to enter her mind, and life would prove as agonizing as she imagined it could never be. Providence was mother nature. Instinct was human nature. The darkness was Derek...