I wonder where passion originates from and why it seems to have slipped from my grasp. In the blissfully naive days of my recent, sophomoric, misdirected youth, passion was endearingly too common, clogging my mind with images of crafted lust. I blame the media profusely; the movies that script a love that conquerors death, TV [...]
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Love at First Sight
I wanted to run into his arms with a reckless, unrelenting passion: As our eyes met, it was instant–gratifying and intense–that it was destiny for our eyes to meet, a welcome shock- As the stars collide, I become lost in the cosmic dizziness of ripened wonder.I could not remember, but his face was a dream, [...]
Forgive and Forget
When you kiss my lips, I remember my fury, When your hands caress me, I remember the pain, When you promise to be loyal, I forgive the girl who believed the lies. I must learn how to forgiveandforget– Honk, honk! A hastily written diary entry, Scribbled quickly in a pink moleskin, Pigtails swinging with the [...]
Feminine rage
Feminine rage, hear me roar To all my sistahs of every decadent shade, Mark my words as we create history; Smooth skinned females with luscious hair, Freckled ladies with sunny smiles, Snow queens and drag queens, dykes and machas, take note as we break down barriers and watch the squeamish squirm. We are queens of [...]
Chameleon
It's like flipping a switch; Moments ago I was a smiling girl, Gaily laughing with one of her friends And in the blink of the eye, I became one of them; No longer was I smiling, my eyes were intense, My hips swayed and I walked with sexual power, No longer the girl and not [...]
Mecca-Amirah Jackson 