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el dorado
Category: Poetry
i’m ready for spring
gather me in your palms and dust pollen underneath my eyes. spring grabs you by the feet; yawning buds stretching, the sun peaking from beneath a heavy cloud, and the earth, the earth is soggy and springy and green, and laughing. i'm ready for spring, for change, for me to take flight, for me to [...]
buttery spring
buttery spring has come to lick it’s cracked lips. buds are beginning to poke their heads from behind nature’s bosom. and me? me, im soaking it all in. the harmony; a concert of wide smiles and insects that shutter at night. pay the pipper to play my favorite song. lay your hair down and let [...]
like paint
memories can disappear, drip off the canvas like paint. clumps of stolen kisses, a puddle of braided arms and tangled hair. i dread the memories captured with film. rolls of poised smiles and fake cheer. a garland of holding hands and exposed backs. slippery hands stained with siennna and black, push me to the edge [...]
plight
heavy with words, but light from plight, dash away the tears because everything will eventually be set right. a rib cage cracked open, woven fingers and slices that taste like dizzy wine, bite down and scream. eternity bleeds from your eyes, immortal, the earth is your kingdom. command the clouds to weep. the earth to [...]
Mecca-Amirah Jackson 