Will I know the song of the dead, The chorus of the rotting bones, The sting of the cutting rocks, That block my way to heaven? Heavy and burdened, there is no time to scream, no time to panic, Air pockets poke through, promising more, Promising me yellow-orange light. I cough as I breathe more [...]
Author: Mecca_Amirah
They Steal My Breathe
I dance with no music, My body sways with one purpose. I follow the path never taken, Trip over seashells and cadavers, My toe bumping into knifes And cutting myself on discarded glass. The wind accompanies me as I waver, Tickling my nude flesh and whistling in my ear. A sprite leads the way now [...]
My Dreams
My dreams continue to tether me to this world, the ether seems so grand from behind my closed eyes; The battle between time and possibilities Fade as I start to fall wondrously asleep. Reality shatters as imagination takes reign- I can only succumb to the lulling lullaby of my dreams as I pull away [...]
The unusual and the strange
A gypsy-soul starving for wanderlust, kohl-rimmed eyes and intricate-beaded scarves, adventure vibrant in her eyes as she searches for true meaning. An earthy remedy excludes the man-made conundrum that we so readily feast on–we forget to be philosophers, open our minds to unusual and the strange, accept that the world is not to be shaded in [...]
Adam
From the earth I formed a man from a premeditated image- days and nights, I have dreamed of him, a golden visage with chiseled features and dark, wise eyes. From their depths I unearthed answers, from his lips, I braved numerous questions- Like a clay doll, I molded him to my pleasure- A brilliant artist [...]
Mecca-Amirah Jackson 