I remember I use to pray That you would take the Pain away. Lonely nights on my knees, Wet, salty tears Mixing with my shame, Fell like great rapids As I pleaded for mercy. The agony too great, The suffering too substantial- I could not help but feel Suffocated. Each breath scratched at my throat, [...]
Tag: poetry
Feminine Outrage, a Song
Baby boy you weren't the one, you promised me love but only brought me heartache. ooh, ooh, how could you be the one, when you successfully broke me into pieces? pieces, baby, broke me into pieces ooh, ooh why could you never hold me tight, even when you made me cry? I begged, I cried, [...]
Yet
I have so much love to give; yet the world is hell bent on breaking my heart.
;because love is alive
It was the way you held my stare, That I knew that fairytales are real. A love, so indecently unfair, A kiss shared, unsealed, Mirroring the sun's glare, Life became easy, unequivocally real With you, a love unmarred. It was you that held me together When my world fell apart; You were the one who told [...]
More than a “Flower”
A bud touched by the dawn and the forbidden shade of twilight, shook violently as it grew, shooting up with a warrior's resilience and wantonly spread its wet, dewy petals. The world was a abuzz with wonder at the wondrous creation of such beauty– a flower unnamed, unique, entirely too different to be classified as [...]
Mecca-Amirah Jackson 