love – Page 19 – Mecca-Amirah Jackson

[Love]

August 2, 2016January 12, 2017by Mecca_Amirah2 Comments

[Love] is undefined yet also lucid; a tragic fire that burns yet a calm salve that soothes. Buried with these feelings, this “thing” called [love], many will succumb, drown while I resuface, come up for air as it finally takes hold. We attempt to define [love] but living things can never be so dreadfully singular. [...]

Poetry, Romantic, Short Poem

A stolen moment of peace

July 13, 2016January 13, 2017by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

As I gaze upon your clouded face, A beam of light feathers your cheek, Softening the furrows, the wrinkles, the blemishes. A gust of wind tickles a tendril of hair At the nape of your neck, Beckoning me to catch it between my fingers. As I bring the lock closer, The scent of your shampoo [...]

Midnight thoughts, Poetry, Thoughtful

A Fallacy

June 6, 2016January 13, 2017by Mecca_Amirah2 Comments

It’s not love if you feel empty inside, unworthy, ugly, undeserving, ashamed, a myriad of dark emotions that causes depression. a strain to your mental health, anxiety, fear, self-hatred, pain, a dreaded, heavy darkness that surpasses the loving, the kisses, the hand holding, the cuddling, the manipulated, rushed declarations of love, the love letters, the [...]

Midnight thoughts, Poetry, Romantic, Short Poem, Thoughtful

a kiss shared by lovers–

May 28, 2016May 28, 2016by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

a kiss shared by lovers can be the remedy, the panacea to the most tender, agonizing wounds. Gentle caresses can salve the deepest, roughest of burns, and the sweet, sweet embrace of a reunion followed by messy tears and tinkling laughs, can erase the shadows engulfing your heart within the passing of a wink.

Poetry, Romantic, Thoughtful

You smell of sunshine, even when there is rain

May 23, 2016January 13, 2017by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

You smell of sunshine even when there is rain. I know our love will bloom– this love we share will never abide. To erase such a bond would be a sin– a smite on this world, a Plague’s dark hand suffocating as it promises revival. The taste of passion haunts me when you are away, [...]