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Reaching for the Stars

March 4, 2022February 20, 2022by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

Reaching for the Stars sometimes i feel likethis is all a test, likeone big hovering gauntlet is over my head. if i fail, at least i did my best? never enough, my best will never be enough; i must always shoot for the stars. people are depending on me,i have to make them proud;and for [...]

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Shadow Play

March 2, 2022February 20, 2022by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

Shadow Play gathered closelike two flickering flames,together we burn brighter amid thedarkly hollows. the shadows retreat.the whispers expire. the doubts resurface, but with steady hands we extinguishour worries. incandescence;let us marvel as we shed our clothes.layers and layers of insecuritieslet the shadow play; reveal where youmade your “flaws” your home.let me kiss every hurt and [...]

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Damn, I Wish It Were Real

February 28, 2022February 20, 2022by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

Damn, I Wish It Were Real once upon a time,there was no me without you. gossip spun a thread of tenderness between us and i could not help but gnaw at the center until it snapped into two. there was a time when my dreams were solely built for you. your own personal heaven; you [...]

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you were never meant for me

February 26, 2022February 20, 2022by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

: you were never meant for me; a saltwater fish bereft ofan open sea. restless, baby, you were always so restless. how did i not see that it was never about me? https://www.amazon.com/Daydreamer-Mecca-Amirah-Jackson/dp/1796831786/ref=sr_1_5?qid=1645387261&refinements=p_27%3AMecca-Amirah+Jackson&s=books&sr=1-5&text=Mecca-Amirah+Jackson

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Suspended in a Daydream

February 24, 2022February 27, 2022by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

Suspended in a Daydream asleep for so long,i need to feel awake. distanced from emotions, now i am in constant wake. drifting–not really here but corporeal,absent yet present, shifting the eddiesof lights and flames; what will set me ablaze? it could be you–you, whoshies from temptation and prefers the slow lane. a knight, a soldier,wounded [...]