Tag: poetry

Poetry, Romantic

infatuation

by Mecca_Amirah1 Comment on infatuation
infatuation

the sting of love’s kiss burns and soothes simultaneously. i cannot get him out of my mind; i fashion this hero from spools threaded with dreams and desire. obsession is a drug that is tinted red like flames and spoils on the tongue like cream. he promises me good days yet only comes to me when [...]

Poetry, Thoughtful

glowing

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glowing

i apologize for the blip, the minor misuse of time and patience. i allowed you take rent in my heart, blinded by infatuation, i am happy to say that I am now over you. i do not blame you; how can i when i never told you how i felt? you went on your days [...]

Poetry

too much

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too much

i was too much of a woman for you, too strong, too independent, i am goddess who for a moment, pitied the mortal down below. i placed a crown of thorns around your head and allowed you to sip my nectar, ambrosia once dripped from your mundane lips. heaven was at your fingertips yet you [...]

Poetry

dust

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dust

I once trusted you to shield me from the storm: the unrelenting chaos that is my psyche. You failed. You retracted your talons and took off. A lone wolf, a kamikaze solider in the Congo fog of night, you surrendered my trust and left me to wither and die. I called out to you; my [...]

Poetry

aloe

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aloe

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 [...]