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you woke something inside of me

March 6, 2018March 5, 2018by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

you woke something inside of me; something slumbering beneath a cloak of my own insecurities and doubts. such trivial sights were once mundane and pedestrian but now, now i take pause and contemplate everything around me. stories can be woven in every being, every element, every damning breeze: you have corrupted me. you opened my [...]

Poetry

maybe if i

February 27, 2018February 26, 2018by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

maybe if i lived in a city where leaves never expire and the waters tremble and sigh, maybe i would always find solstice knowing that every day will be the same. paradise should sound appealing but isn’t strife what births my creative might? would i be able to write so hauntingly, so real, so open [...]

Poetry

i just

February 26, 2018February 26, 2018by Mecca_Amirah2 Comments

i’ve stopped dreaming about/ looking out for you in the crowd. the clouds; i don’t count the stars between us anymore; i just count, i just dream, i just aspire to become greater things without being entangled. you were a distraction-unhealthy and throbbing like a poison; ive found other passions, other men who know how [...]

Poetry

forgotten

January 31, 2018January 31, 2018by Mecca_Amirah3 Comments

forgotten; distilled air, we flowers know despair by another name, another face, another boy who tends to a garden of games. alcaldes to the winner; does it matter what I have to say? tragedy known by the look of indifference on your pretty face. why do you claim a piece of my heart, carrying it [...]

Poetry, writing

obsolete

December 3, 2017December 1, 2017by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

how did i find the  strength to be used  by you? wounded  by a cycle that  refuses to break, i gave you a chance,  no wait, three. three chances  to prove that you were  worthy of me. liar.  you are now obsolete.  what’s more tragic, that  i forgave you or i  expected you to reach  up [...]