Phoolmatee DuBayPhoolmatee Dubay, born February 14th 1968, migrated to the US during 1992. She attended the Borough of Manhattan Community College and York College where she pursued her career educational goals in Human Services and Social Work respectively. The autor's poetry became a way of coping with her mental illness and coming to grips with reality after learning about the harm and dangers from using and abusing drugs and alcohol. As the author wrote in her poem A Dark Place In My Head, As dark as an abyss in the mind where no light shines, even in the presence of light. explored the dark side of using drugs and/or alcohol. While she discovered how to deal with life as she wrote in her poem, I Deal With Life. You may wonder how and why because as she wrote, I couldn't see life for what it was; therefore how could I accept it for what it is? She would go one to state, When I didn't know I had doubts but now I have answers. This doesn't mean that doubts are gone because I still need answers. Even while looking at life differently. Read More Read Less