Poetry that cuts deep. Truth that doesn’t let go.
No Sunshine: The Story I Carried Until I Couldn't isn’t just a book—
It’s what happened when I finally stopped holding it in.
It’s what poured out when I got honest.
When I got tired of being quiet.
When I realized survival wasn’t the same as healing.Told in the rhythm of spoken word and the honesty of lived experience, this poetic memoir walks through what I never meant to carry—
the weight of childhood trauma, the silence after losing my brother, and all the truths I kept buried just to get by.
About the Books
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A raw and intimate novel that blurs the line between desire and destruction. Through Devin’s story, readers are pulled into a world where survival and sexuality collide—reckless choices, intoxicating encounters, and the haunting weight of what still lingers from the past. Bold, explicit, and unflinchingly honest, this book is not just a love story—it’s a reckoning with the shadows of silence and the dangerous ways we try to fill them.
This collection strips away pretense and dives headfirst into the truths too heavy to hide. With unfiltered poems about hypersexuality, healing, hunger, and the messy contradictions of saying yes, Lakeshia Acoff lays bare what it means to crave, to ache, and to come undone. Vulnerable and erotic, this companion to the novel is both mirror and confession—an intimate glimpse into the wounds, desires, and survival behind the story.
Let Me Tell You a Love Story is the most vulnerable book I’ve ever written. It’s about choosing love after loss, rebuilding after breaking, and learning that softness doesn’t mean weakness.
Through intimate storytelling and love letters woven between chapters, I share the truth of what it means to build a life with someone through grief, growth, and becoming. It’s the story of two women—of sparks, storms, forgiveness, and finding home in each other again and again.
This book isn’t about perfect love. It’s about honest love—the kind that stays, evolves, and holds space for all the versions of who we’ve been.
For anyone who has ever fought to keep love alive through change, this is a reminder that healing doesn’t end when the pain stops—it deepens when love begins.
Danielle H., AL
"This book held me like a mirror and a megaphone. I saw myself in every page--broken, healing, becoming. Lakeshia's words gave me permission to breathe again."
Tasha R., GA
"I didn't even realize how much I was still carrying until I read No Sunshine. The poem Inventory cracked me open in the best way. This book is church."
Lisa Driver, TX
"I felt seen, gutted and comforted all at once. Lakeshia doesn't just write. She reaches you."
Meet Lakeshia
My Story
I never planned to be a writer.
I wrote it because I was breaking.
Because silence was suffocating.
Because my brother died and I didn’t know how to breathe without him.
Because the past was louder than I wanted to admit —
and I was tired of pretending I was okay.
These pages aren’t perfect.
But they’re honest.
And after all the years I spent burying my truth just to survive,
this—this is me choosing to live out loud.
Come in.
Sit with the story.
Stay as long as you need.
My Voice
My voice was shaped in silence—
long before I knew how to use it.
I’m a Black southern woman
who learned to read between lines and survive what no one said.
Now I write what I was never allowed to speak.
I don’t write to impress.
I write to feel.
To free the girl I used to be.
To carry the weight and still choose softness.
Updates, Thoughts & What's Been on My Mind
No filters here — just thoughts, reflections, and real-time lessons. Sometimes it’s poetry, sometimes it’s messy truth. Always honest. Always me.
