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Inspired: forgive your fathers
By Akil Johnson
This is what I want to say to every brother whose heart was broken by the absence of his father. And also to that brother who saw their father everyday but he had no love to give or to put on display. Your anger and pain is so deep, it splits you from the top of your head to the sole of your feet. I understand the hole in your heart you've been trying to fill and where it has led you I know it was never your will.
Inspired: The Report Card
By Akil Johnson
So many are lost because the light is gone. The light your friends don’t see when they ask “Honey what’s wrong?” You respond by smiling and laughing as hard as you can, to mask the sadness of your inner woman or man.
Virgin Islander publishes “Lies I Never Quite Believed”
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – In a book rightfully titled, “Lies I Never Quite Believed, The Emancipation of Akil Johnson”, Virgin Islander poet, writer and activist Akil Johnson took his horrifying experiences of being molested as a child to a book, but is hoping his story will help others.