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without warning

April 28, 2018April 28, 2018by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

why does falling out of love, imply reluctance? something sudden, without warning? a force instead of reason, action instead of neglect? maybe we romanticize falling out of love-deem it tragic instead of something that just happens? should it be something we revisit? https://www.instagram.com/p/BhxKw-jnVlR/?taken-by=amateur__poet

Poetry

maybe if you had

April 28, 2018April 28, 2018by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

maybe if you had changed your perspective, turned left inside of right, danced in the center instead of holding all the coats and purses all night, maybe you would see that the day is just as illicit as the night ✨

Poetry

i spy

April 19, 2018April 17, 2018by Mecca_Amirah2 Comments

i spy a forgotten dress, drapped over an off-white mannequin with only one hand. frills and bows, tulle and a stubbed noes, these dresses seem more like ghosts; hovering over the living and begroaning their forsaken fate. forgotten but found, i spy a kaleidoscope of butterflies woven into a moth eaten gown... 👗 https://www.instagram.com/p/Bho_WKTng_P/?taken-by=amateur__poet

Personal Posts, Poetry

W.E.B DuBois

April 18, 2018April 17, 2018by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

growing up biracial✨ it was at this moment where i began to struggle with self-identity. am i white/black enough? why couldn’t i be both? as an adolescent, people’s comments would frustrate me and i would unconsciously do things to appease them. i just wanted to be like everyone else-i never wanted to be treated differently. [...]

Poetry

she lies beside me

April 18, 2018April 17, 2018by Mecca_Amirah3 Comments

she lies beside me tangled in expired dreams and pristine bedsheets. she sleeps, stubbornly, a question puckered beside her cheek: will my good deeds be met with a cure, to this loneliness that resides inside of me like a cold, cellar door? she tosses, she turns, she kicks, she coughs, and while i sit beside [...]