#WordsOverWar
Reclaiming my Narrative through poetry, essays, journals and other creative writings.
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Luna became known as the one who could brighten anything, the one who always shows up, the one who makes it work. She was booked, busy, and brilliant—and also quietly drained. On this particular night, Luna was scheduled to glow in five different places. A last-minute favor here, a “quick” stop there, a situation that…
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High-functioning depression wears pearls and perfection. It shows up to meetings, hits deadlines, and even cracks jokes. But behind the scenes, it’s exhaustion masked as excellence. It’s the creative who keeps producing because slowing down feels like drowning.
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My grandmother’s house never needed an address. It had a smell, a temperature, a way of holding you. I was thirty‑five before I ever learned the number on the front — because nobody used it.
Eryka W. Jackson | The Brand Ambassador 