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Dull Splendor

June 27, 2016February 24, 2017by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

She shines bright against my dull splendor. What is so special about a girl who wears her scars on her sleeves? I can no longer bare my facade masterfully, A mask crafted with beguiling care and fashioned to fit and grow around a changing plane– it slips every time he sighs your name. The way his [...]

Midnight thoughts, Poetry, Short Poem

2.33 am

June 27, 2016February 24, 2017by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

I cannot remember the last time I truly dreamed; fabricated quandaries and a lover shrouded in mists, Half-convinced I’m slowly becoming mad– I look to idle things to keep my devilish mind at bay.

Poetry, Short Poem

like a thousand blades–

June 19, 2016January 13, 2017by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

They fall one by one. Flickering, fluidly as a fallen man, spiraling from the starless sky like a flurry of snow; tinkling on the earth like a child’s laughter , and cutting the flesh like a thousand blades.

Midnight thoughts, Poetry, Thoughtful

Irrelevantly

June 10, 2016January 13, 2017by Mecca_Amirah2 Comments

Is it okay to disregard me as a realist would to a daydream? I wish to disappear from the world of smokes and mirror, fade as idle words are exchanged and my shrill screams are dismissed. My tears, trivial as they may be, emotional I may be, but just for a moment, I wish to depart irrevelanty [...]

Midnight thoughts, Poetry, Short Poem, Thoughtful

I hurt when your cruel words–

June 10, 2016January 13, 2017by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

I hurt when your cruel words pierce me. My ready smile melts from my face– I become hollow as your weapon- of-choice rings true. Defenseless, weaponless, a pacifist in the game of laced-truths, yet you persist on. I’ve lost the fight years ago yet you strive on–