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 [...]
Category: Thoughtful
The Dead Sea
Crashing waves smell of brine and lost legends, mermaid tails and selkie skins, fevered voyages, pirate's booty–bearded men and women with gold teeth and jewels on their mind, harrowing adventures, navigators with sunburnt skin, drunk on the wine of the ancient souls that watch from below–trip as they follow–eyes narrowing on the X–bones rise from [...]
The Moon, My Life
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 [...]
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 [...]
Mecca-Amirah Jackson 