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Daydreamer

Shadow Play

by Mecca_Amirah2 Comments on Shadow Play
Shadow Play

gathered closelike two flickering flames,together we burn brighter amid thedarkly hollows. the shadows retreat.the whispers expire. the doubts resurface, but with steady hands we extinguishour worries. incandescence;let us marvel as we shed our clothes.layers and layers of insecuritieslet the shadow play; reveal where youmade your “flaws” your home.let me kiss every hurt and allow me [...]

Daydreamer

Every Time

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Every Time

elusive, you slip away from me just before the momentwhere we touch lips.  it always begins the same:i, lost and love-hungry; you,  world-wounded and starving.  you never knew love that was whole and sincere, solid, tangible,too tremendous to be real.you clutch your chest every time...  every time i say i love you.even my body, corporeal, [...]

Daydreamer

Suspended in a Daydream

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Suspended in a Daydream

asleep for so long,i need to feel awake.  distanced from emotions, now i am in constant wake.  drifting–not really here but corporeal,absent yet present, shifting the eddiesof lights and flames; what will set me ablaze?  it could be you–you, whoshies from temptation and prefers the slow lane.  a knight, a soldier,wounded but crawling towards a [...]

Poetry

Submerged

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Submerged

I want to write another poetry book! But that takes a lot of time and energy (and some $$$$$ for proofreading). I have been setting aside some poems for Submerged for a few years–what are your thoughts on the poem below? It's a little morbid at first but it's about being reborn, a new beginning. [...]