Selfdom (noun)

1. an expression of poetic thought, a glimpse inside the mind of the poet.

2. find healing, peace, and a sense of release.

3. the desire to know oneself; the essence of one's being, to be in tune mentally, emotionally, and spiritually with oneself, and one's reason for existing.

4. requiring one to face one's past, and the pain associated with it; to uncover there is freedom from the bondage that seeks to hold one captive.

Dr. Leah M. Kelley was born in Stamford, Connecticut on Dec 19th, 1969. She is the eldest of seven children. She grew up in Sacramento, California. She is an internationally published poet.

Leah received her honorary Doctorate in Divinity on October 18th, 2019. She is also a mother of six: four sons and two daughters. She is a grandmother of eleven beautiful grandchildren. Leah has been writing for forty-four years; her love of poetry grew at a young age.

Leah is also a lover of the arts, an actress, and enjoys writing praise and worship songs. She thanks God for the gifts He has bestowed upon her.

Published by Blue Forge Press.