Incarcerated Letters – Letter Four: Back To the Past

June 20, 2017 12:00 PM I refuse to get my hopes up but I can’t deny how good it feels to have Coretta on my side. As scared as I was I promised myself to remain hopeful. In a matter of hours, I’d know whether Coretta’s team accepted the proposal. In a matter of […]

Incarcerated Letters – Letter Three: Hero in Disguise

June 12, 2017 7:30 PM Aaron was known as a businessman. He owned several shops around D.C., grocery stores, gas stations, and even a barbershop. He also helped families struggling to survive; he bought a 50-year-old abandoned building and renovated it. Once it was finished he turned it into a youth center. Not just […]

Incarcerated Letters – Letter Two: The Visitor

June 8, 2017 3:00 PM I received mail earlier today, and have yet to open it. In the past, I’d get hate mail from people who admired Aaron. Everything from people saying I should be executed, to death threats. There were even people who assumed I came on to Aaron and when he turned […]

Incarcerated Letters – Letter One: Flashbacks

June 1, 2017 11:00 AM I was sexually abused for the first time when I was six. The same man everyone considered a hero was the same man who took away my childhood. The abuse lasted up until the age of sixteen. I still remember those last few assaults. It didn’t matter how many […]

10/4/18 – Untitled (Poetry)

10/4/18 I need healing. My journal no longer claims me; even she has no answers And… Writing poetry feels forced now. I need healing… And my pens running out of ink. I need healing from the same demons that were there at age 4 and 5 and again at 11, 12, 13, and 19. Dissociating […]