I am the fury that burns through your veins, I am the shadow that chases you, the smog shielding your eyes cannot protect you from the truth. The truth is you are unworthy; unworthy of your first breath, the exhilarating flutter of your heartbeat, and the shivering hope of your soul that makes you uniquely weak. [...]
Tag: thoughtful
A Garden for the Meticulous
A Garden for the Meticulous, the weirdos who like their things stacked one by one, numbered and labeled, cleaned, bleached, steamed, folded all in the right, proper places. I have waited centuries for the flowers to bloom in accordance to your desires. To fancy a beast, a garden, sedulously and scrupulously bred for your peace of [...]
2:52 am
At this lonely hour, 2:52 and my mind continues to wander. My heart is torn in two As I listen to the radio, My heart aching at the strum Of a sad rhythm and blues. Pause–as he croons of heartbreak. Nod my head as she screams A Valkyrie's cry for revenge. Dark and troubled, The ether [...]
Enchanted
Enchanted by your presence, damneded by your testy resolve, I know no remedy to this happenstance but I can only await my lovers return, flesh whetted with mulberries and thistle eyes frosted with remembrance. At the fresh, warm breeze of Midsummer eve, we shared a kiss of mulled wine, and bit down on rowan bark. [...]
Boring Girls
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 [...]
Mecca-Amirah Jackson 