Marleigh’s Truth

Sex has always been a thing for Marleigh. Just not sober sex though. See she’s always been intoxicated in some form. Whether it’s her drink of choice which is anything brown or being blazed—sometimes even both. The worst of them all was with the actual infatuation of whomever it was that she was heavily invested…

UNdoing

noun the reversing of what has been done; annulling. Definition of reverse oneself US, formal : to change one's decision or opinion about something After a candid conversation with my girl B.Reel, we put a name to the process we both have been going through. A simple word yet holds so much weight and brought…

Savior

I wanted him to be my savior. I wanted him to rescue me. I wanted him to be my protector, my defender. I wanted him to SEE me and HEAR me. I wanted him to read my mind in the moments my pride and ego wouldn’t allow me to say what I needed, yet alone…

Healing

“Inhale, exhale on repeat, yeah Lately, it's so hard to breathe, yeah Falling 'bout a million times It's a miracle I'm still alive No one said that it was easy Tryna piece the broken pieces But that's the shit I'm working on The journey is a work of art” Healing-FLETCHER heal·ing noun noun: healing the…

UNBOTHERED

Adjective un·both·ered | \ ˌən-ˈbä-ṯẖərd Definition of unbothered : not feeling or showing agitation, worry, or annoyance : not bothered “Chile I am unbothered, mmkkkaaayyyy” it’s a phrase we’ve all used a time or three. Trust me I have. Whenever something or someone would piss me off, annoy me etc—I would definitely recite this phrase…

Patience

I call him patience…. It’s the way he teaches me unknowingly —how to wait, how to be kind to myself and how to be there for myself FIRST. I call him patience… It’s the way he ignores my temper tantrums and politely brings me back and gives me time to settle down and come back…

Self Righteousness

“The self righteous scream judgements against others to hide the noise of skeletons dancing in their closets.” John Mark Green Self righteousness mixed with performative outrage, most definitely modern day normal activity. Always trying to prove to others that we care about something for the sake of trying to be relevant! Whew chile, the ghetto.…

Bobby 2.0

Bobby came back when I least expected it, just like I thought he would. This time Bobby turned up! He came back super hard. It was April 14th 2020 at 2:19 pm. I was in a really dark place and I reached out to a fellow mentor for help. I was desperate for help, for…

A Letter to the Ones I’ve Hurt…

I’m sorry I couldn’t be a better person to you. I’m sorry that my life sucked the life out of yours. I’m sorry that I ghosted you, abandoned you and took advantage of what you gave to me and who you were to me. I’m sorry. I’m sorry I couldn’t be the person you needed…

That D*mn Accountability

ac·count·abil·i·ty | \ ə-ˌkau̇n-tə-ˈbi-lə-tē Definition of accountability : the quality or state of being accountable especially : an obligation or willingness to accept responsibility or to account for one's actions This is something I’ve unknowingly struggled with. Not knowing at the time that this was a thing for me. I masked it with other things…