by Mo Isom Aiken | Love & Relationships, Marriage, Sex
We haven’t been at it for long. You and me. The we that we became somewhere in the midst of butterflies and sweating palms and tear-filled eyes. The best kind of tears. The kind of tears that welcomed me down the aisle and already felt like home. We’re new...
by Mo Isom Aiken | Poetry
“My King is the King of your king” By: Mo Isom, 2011 My King is the King of your king, my King gave your king life. My hope hopes that your hope will learn to hope, in all that is True and Right. My faith has faith that you’ll...
by Mo Isom Aiken | Poetry
There is an empty sunset at the end of evening’s glow. A place where most have wandered, a place most choose to go. What lingers there are broken smiles, dreams cut short at whim. For as the sun sets deeper, so sinks imagination’s end. But I know of...
by Mo Isom Aiken | Adversity, Daily Walk
Sometimes I make jokes about my father’s suicide. I’ve found that almost every time I try to lighten the mood or laugh around some of my life’s circumstances, I’m inevitably met by stiffening postures and quick sips of water around me....
by Mo Isom Aiken | On-Camera Work, Poetry
Freedom Redefined So picture this scene, you’ve raped and you’ve pillaged. You’ve murdered, you’ve lied, you’ve destroyed a whole village. And when the High Courts catch you, you’re guilty of crime. You’re covered in blood, you’re punished to die. They explain...