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conversations

February 17, 2017February 17, 2017by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

Everyone: How are you feeling today? Me: anxious and self- conscious. Everyone: Oh? (Taken aback) Me: yeah. I feel life is crashing down on me. Like I'm in the middle of the ocean and I'm drowning. There is not enough air yet my lungs keep on working. I put so much pressure on myself that [...]

Body Positive, feminism, Poetry, thoughts

my womb is not my own;

February 6, 2017February 7, 2017by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

Like Eve, I fell, And like Lilith, I am punished. My womb is not my own; Pale hands caress and judge As I spread my thighs with my own authorization; my womb is not my own; Pain wrecks havoc inside of me, I curl Up like the fetus inside me; my womb is not my [...]

Poetry, Romantic

Spectral

January 24, 2017by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

I rush to bed, To dream of him. As I close my eyes, You await for me- Arms wide and smile dreamy. Our love is scripted, of course But my mind directs our lovemaking With a masters ease. You tease me with kisses But never truly deliver. I push you for more And more and [...]

Reviews

Bastard Out of Carolina Review

December 5, 2016January 12, 2017by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison SPOILERS FOR DAYZZZ Rating: MORE BOOK REVIEWS Goodreads summary: Greenville County, South Carolina, a wild, lush place, is home to the Boatwright family—rough-hewn men who drink hard and shoot up each other's trucks, and indomitable women who marry young and age all too quickly. At the heart of [...]

Poetry, Romantic

Surrender

September 29, 2016January 12, 2017by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

Harsh words can be forgiven with patience and time. A tender union before the right moment, can be the catalyst to a sleep riddled with tears and curses. Heart-wrenching sobs rip apart your chest, the clawing thing inside of you demanding to be let out. You turn your cheek when you act coy, bit [...]