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[Love]

August 2, 2016January 12, 2017by Mecca_Amirah2 Comments

[Love] is undefined yet also lucid; a tragic fire that burns yet a calm salve that soothes. Buried with these feelings, this “thing” called [love], many will succumb, drown while I resuface, come up for air as it finally takes hold. We attempt to define [love] but living things can never be so dreadfully singular. [...]

Reviews

The Bone Witch Review

July 29, 2016January 12, 2017by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

The Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco is truly amazing! Hauntingly lovely, an exciting adventure as we learn how a random girl in a small town becomes this disastrously strong but lonely girl we meet in the first few pages.

Poetry, Short Poem

The Tang of Youth

July 28, 2016January 12, 2017by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

An aphrodisiac; the tang of youth adulterates my perspective of the world– “tunnel vision” they may tease yet I do witness the burdens of the elderly and the ignorant bliss of youth and as I lie bitterly, I wonder why people claim “Being 21 is all the rage!”

Poetry, Short Poem

The Open Sky

July 26, 2016January 12, 2017by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

I wish I could capture the wild beauty of the open sky with pastels and paint. My mind a bare canvas hungry for the wispy mists of dawn, the unapologetic beaming rays of midday, the fluttering skirts of dusk: indigo, red, the faint traces of pink , and the still, cruelty of night. My obsession [...]

Reviews

Reaver Review

July 21, 2016January 12, 2017by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

Reaver (Lords of Deliverance #5; Demonica #10) by Larissa Ione SPOILERS FOR DAYZZZZ Goodreads Review Book Reviews "WARRIOR OF HEAVEN Reaver is an angel with a past, a record, and a less-than-heavenly attitude. Powerful enough to fight alongside the fiercest battle angels-and crazy enough to risk his wings on a one-way mission to hell-he's agreed [...]