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Retired from the Earth

September 15, 2022September 11, 2022by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

i retired from the earthand now, i look to the stars. sole audience to my strife,i weep with a clap of thunder and lightning strikes tocatch the first tear. i dance with the moon’s shadow until i am dizzy with starsand can no longer hear. fairy wine never touched my lips, but as time perspired,i [...]

Poetry

Weary of this flesh

September 10, 2022September 4, 2022by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

I’ve grown weary of this flesh, I wish nothing more than ever to strip myself bare from this slippery cage. I will start with my arms—I will rejoice as I watch the flap fall back, blood riveting down like a river, my pain will nourish me. I’ll be set free from my jail—like a phoenix, [...]

Daydreamer

Because Love is Alive

September 8, 2022September 2, 2022by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

it was the way you held my starethat convinced me fairytales were real. a love so indecently unfair, a kiss shared, unsealed, mirroring the sun’s glare. life became easy, unequivocally tangible, and with you, a love unmarred. it was you that held me together when my world fell apart;you were the one who told me [...]

Daydreamer

Shadow Play

September 3, 2022August 30, 2022by Mecca_Amirah2 Comments

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 allow me [...]

Daydreamer

Every Time

August 28, 2022August 27, 2022by Mecca_Amirah1 Comment

elusive, you slip away from me just before the momentwhere we touch lips. it always begins the same:i, lost and love-hungry; you, world-wounded and starving. you never knew love that was whole and sincere, solid, tangible,too tremendous to be real.you clutch your chest every time... every time i say i love you.even my body, corporeal, [...]