At this lonely hour, 2:52 and my mind continues to wander. My heart is torn in two As I listen to the radio, My heart aching at the strum Of a sad rhythm and blues. Pause–as he croons of heartbreak. Nod my head as she screams A Valkyrie's cry for revenge. Dark and troubled, The ether [...]
Category: Poetry
A loud crash and a gentle fold,
I know of paradise: a balmy breeze that teases between my toes, seawater tickling up my legs, my calves freckled with white sand and phantom hands, in the form of purple tentacles, sneak around my ankles, drag me into the heart of the sea. a loud crash and a gentle fold, the lull of the [...]
Enchanted
Enchanted by your presence, damneded by your testy resolve, I know no remedy to this happenstance but I can only await my lovers return, flesh whetted with mulberries and thistle eyes frosted with remembrance. At the fresh, warm breeze of Midsummer eve, we shared a kiss of mulled wine, and bit down on rowan bark. [...]
Boring Girls
Boring girls, tell pretty lies. Manipulated-bated breath, I can only follow along, dragged behind their sashayed swaggers. Crystalline eyes follow me, fractured and broken, her eyes reflect a pond frozen-over, the temptation to take a step, driving me mad. A contorted "smile", that creaked and wrinkled to my untrained eyes, tinkling, nauseating "laughter" that made [...]
every Full Moon night
I feel like I can make this a very interesting story….. At the ripe age of thirteen, Princess Melanie was lured into the forest by the Fey; long-armed and beautiful, trimmed with silver linings and dressed in raw, clinging silks. They barked with laughter as the led her astray, Melanie's feet skipping to a [...]
Mecca-Amirah Jackson 