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Tag: writing
Cosmic Irony
A greater hand at play, I’ve been placed on this earth For another’s folly’s Because there is no rhyme or Reason for me to be this damned. It’s a joke, right? To be given a destiny as lonely as this. To be envied and desired but forever misunderstood. It’s the shade of my skin, The [...]
Unripe Youths
unripe youths are swollenon the bottom and soft at the top. my thumb tore the tender skin, pierced through the truth.i refuse to apologize;every thorn bears your face.my nail digs deeper.my vision blurs. my headbegins to ache.the skin splits.clumps of yellow flesh.sap seals my fingers buti will not relent.i steadily hold on;the wind tickles my [...]
You Will Feel My Absence
you will feel my absence, like an arrow embedded in your chest. parts of you were gifted to me and i refuse to give them back. never break the heart of a writer because we will take every hurt, every part of you and weave it into every poem. is it spiteful–maybe–but isn’t art supposedto [...]
Cold Questions
cold questions that i ask myself leave me warm in placesyour hands should have occupied. i shouldn’t have to strain mymemories to recall the imprintof your touch. they fade every day,every night, every blue hour past midnight. i would only need to lie back on my bed, pillows cradling my head as my thighs welcome [...]
Mecca-Amirah Jackson 