family has a way of bringing out a side of you, one so entrenched, hooked deep inside, tearing flesh until there is nothing to hide. a gaping wound, hanging off the sides, oozing frothy mistakes and diseases like gang green. i’m falling asleep, head tilting off to the side, air pushing my hair back until [...]
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A Gaping Wound
you and i
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how Long?
How Long? – Mecca-Amirah Jackson How many times will I curl up and try to disappear? How many more nights of begging for answers? Loneliness ripping through me like riptides; im clinging on for dear life. Haven’t thought of ending it in a while but standing before the truth, alone, God it makes me question [...]
under lock and Key
Under Lock and Key - 9/28/2020 some days i miss you enough for three---some days i turn to my phone just to touch the letters of your name. my soul aches for you---it's lonely and this everlasting winter needs to come to an end. i'm weary but I am still standing. but there needs to be [...]
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