part the hair from my forehead like you would to my pride: even-out the stubborn curls and gently kiss away any lingering doubts.
my pride
Tag: thoughts
12:51 am
i stay up all night, to write love poems.
she tastes like the lies
she tastes like the lies you once told me.
Cicadas
I remember the cicadas That sweetly sang by your window. Summer nights were memorable When we twined together in Bedsheets and hurried to shut off the lights. Sleepovers became permanent After the kisses we shared tasted like honeysuckle and mistletoe. You used to caress me in the mornings, The beam of sunlight kissing my skin [...]
I need
I need: passion befuddles me yet draws me close. i miss the warm fire of desire, the sudden, bombastic blaze of passion that leaves me reckless, and the aftermath,–slick, cold skin, the laughs shared as our hands trace and linger. i am dizzy on you. rose-colored aviator shades when he tells me I’m beautiful, i [...]
Mecca-Amirah Jackson 