Boring girls, tell pretty lies. Manipulated-bated breath, I can only follow along, dragged behind their sashayed swaggers. Crystalline eyes follow me, fractured and broken, her eyes reflect a pond frozen-over, the temptation to take a step, driving me mad. A contorted "smile", that creaked and wrinkled to my untrained eyes, tinkling, nauseating "laughter" that made [...]
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I lost myself in the thralling tides, The mystique of the sands, And the bearded man of Time. Enthralled with legends, ballads and myths About girls with dark eyes And bandits who crave one wish. The twinkling stars told me lies, And the night bled magenta A thick, sweet dye- Promising to fulfill a vendetta, [...]
black is beautiful
melt my uniqueness away, perm my roots, and bleach my skin until no black remains– but don't they know, that my black is beautiful?
Dandelion Love
Why am I up at This umpteenth hour? 3:29 am but my bed's Call is much louder, But it's this dream I try to recollect, That causes me to hesitate. It started off normal, Sunny skies, burnt sugar And a dark wood touched with magic– When your face appeared, Magnificent in its simplicity, Yet hooking [...]
Baby boy,
Baby boy, you got me thinking of kisses And how the world can just stop, Split in two. Which side will you be on, When the world is divided; Will it be me or you? Because this thing we have Can only improve. So push the moon back And stop all the clocks, Answer your [...]
Mecca-Amirah Jackson 