American Slam Poet Shares Insightful &
Enduring Poem About Mental Health 
American poet Aisha Tariqa
Abdul Haqq is sharing a
poem from her book, 'Acres
of Shadow'. 
She recalls the 12 months she spent going
downhill after the murder of her beloved
baby brother before she sought help and
how she wrote 'Acres of Shadow' as a
catharsis to save herself again and again
as the light finally began to creep over the
horizon.
Written over the course of two years,
"Acres of Shadow" contains a
gorgeous collection of poems Aisha
Tariqa wants to share for the benefit
of those who are battling mental
health issues, and those providing
support.
Aisha Tariqa Abdul Haqq is a
poet who writes about
universal struggles and life
experiences to convey
messages of unity, empathy,
and compassion. 
She strives to make contemporary poetry
accessible to all audiences and is working
to raise awareness for the soothing,
therapeutic role art through poetry can
play in helping you, and anyone else
battling mental illness, feel connected and
less alone.
Her poem is meant to help you
find comfort in a kindred spirit so
you can feel understood and
uncover your own very
meaningful reasons to choose
life.
If you've suffered a traumatic event,
such as the loss of a loved one, this
can lead to the development of
bipolar disorder or other mental
illnesses, something Aisha Tariqa
wants to bring awareness to with her
art.
Aisha Tariqa's body of work
echoes Aristotle's theory about
art that says the aim of art is to
represent not the outward
appearance of things, but their
inward significance.
With the re-release of her poem from the book
'Acres of Shadow' Aisha Tariqa Abdul Haqq
unveils the insidious role depression plays in
masquerading the beauty in life, so that if the
joy you used to feel in your day to day life is
beginning to wane, that you'll pay attention to
this flag, and send
You can learn more about
Aisha at
https://www.aishatariqa.co
m/landing-page
Find Aisha Tariqa's
books at
https://bit.ly/AishaTariqa
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