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aloe

April 4, 2017by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

When I find myself bored, unsatisfied, It is consequence that I also find myself helplessly in love. An allusion of the fateful fall, I idly daydream, dangerously imagine myself in the arms Of someone who is undeserving. The wispy dreams are hazy at first, The golden-touched skin And the puckered lips Of sophomoric ideology, I [...]

Poetry

like ashes

April 4, 2017by Mecca_Amirah4 Comments

i must be on your mind, right? it is not fair that out of the two of us, i am the only one suffering? sleep evades me, i question each and every bite, the mirror and i are no longer friendly, my moods shift, augment, dissolve like the faces of the moon. it eats at [...]

thoughts

taking-things-into-perspective:

April 1, 2017by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

taking-things-into-perspective: in the midst of the chaos that is my mind, revelation has come barging through and i am lost in the whirlwind of the truths that have been disguised as lies. i was once broken: a tragic thing with a shattered wing, i sang within my gilded cage “just like pretty birdies should.” my words were barren, [...]

Poetry, Romantic

fantasy and desire

March 16, 2017by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

i cannot forget the taste of you on my lips. grapefruit and mint, i trace the bite marks with the tip– of my tongue. I flick and i linger. i crave. the hunger has begun to drive me insane. the more you give, the more i demand. when you pull my head back, tangle your [...]

Poetry, Romantic

Mirage

March 14, 2017March 14, 2017by Mecca_Amirah1 Comment

it was paradise when i shut my eyes. salt and sand clinging to my skin, the heat mesmerized you, the hush of passion and the spritz of lime clung to your eyes like a mirage. the waves stripped away the pretense: you reeled me in and i eagerly took the bait. i was a catch, [...]