At the New Moon of my life I gave into the call of the dark, The impulsive, the dreadful tang of misery. Heavy and burdened-I knew only chaos and silence. But stay hopeful, stay golden– You will know I am when well my smile is radiant in the night sky. Kiss me tender, A simmering [...]
Author: Mecca_Amirah
Unconventional
I have tasted bitter tears lingering on your lips, saccharine sunbursts, and sensual midsummer songs. The cruel, hazardous winds of the blue tides of December chills the still air–a crisp, icy taste, stagnant and stale each time I swallow. As I kiss you adieu, I hope you know it's forever. This false admiration for you has [...]
Musings from a Skeptic
I wonder where passion originates from and why it seems to have slipped from my grasp. In the blissfully naive days of my recent, sophomoric, misdirected youth, passion was endearingly too common, clogging my mind with images of crafted lust. I blame the media profusely; the movies that script a love that conquerors death, TV [...]
Broken Promises
I wrote this a few years ago and have revised it! ----------------------------------- A love that was immature, ruthless, toxic, A union built on festering lies, drunken advances, innocent ventures, and skilled fingers, We promised honesty, but lies became our vice of choice. It started off small- flimsy white lies, Redirecting the conversation, confident eyes and [...]
Love at First Sight
I wanted to run into his arms with a reckless, unrelenting passion: As our eyes met, it was instant–gratifying and intense–that it was destiny for our eyes to meet, a welcome shock- As the stars collide, I become lost in the cosmic dizziness of ripened wonder.I could not remember, but his face was a dream, [...]
Mecca-Amirah Jackson 