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take your time

April 4, 2017by Mecca_Amirah4 Comments

i wash myself in tranquility; the scent carries in my hair, my skin, my smile. i scrub away the dark thoughts, brown sugar sticky on my skin, i trace crescent moons all over my stomach. caress layers and layers of love into my tired muscles. knead the saplings of tropical trees into my curls, press [...]

Short Poem

detangling the storm

April 4, 2017by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

detangling the storm above me, i hurry to push pen to paper– to quiet the thunder, the lightening, the rumbling clouds that threatens more than common rain.

Poetry

like ashes

April 4, 2017by Mecca_Amirah4 Comments

i must be on your mind, right? it is not fair that out of the two of us, i am the only one suffering? sleep evades me, i question each and every bite, the mirror and i are no longer friendly, my moods shift, augment, dissolve like the faces of the moon. it eats at [...]

thoughts

taking-things-into-perspective:

April 1, 2017by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

taking-things-into-perspective: in the midst of the chaos that is my mind, revelation has come barging through and i am lost in the whirlwind of the truths that have been disguised as lies. i was once broken: a tragic thing with a shattered wing, i sang within my gilded cage “just like pretty birdies should.” my words were barren, [...]

thoughts