9 Quotes by Mecca-Amirah Jackson about poetry
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peace was neverat the forefront of my mind.a war waged inside of me,but i began to takejoy in the slaughterand bloodshed.—confession ii
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i can still taste you on my lips–rapture at the tip of my tongue,plagued by dreams of you,i can only swallow–reminiscing as i burn.
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a cracked yolk split between her thighs.she rushed to clean up her shame.yellow stained her hands;yellow stained her child,who was born in a world designed to hate.—the early nineties
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You saw a side of me not many get the honor of seeing—drunk me, bold me, conquer the world and devour every opportunity me.She was lovely, wasn’t she?
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I’ve delved in the well of agony for so long, it’s all I know.A constant companion for eons, it calls out to me by name.So familiar, like a lover, I wish we were nothing more than passing strangers.
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i collapsed like a skyscraper:once upon a time, i lived in an enclave ofstars. i wore a coat of clouds,and the sun kissed me beforethe moon cradled me in its gaze.but now... now i lie in a pileof my own remains.
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in his fractured eyes, she knew love was alive and cynicism faded inevitably with time…
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once upon a time,there was no me without you.gossip spun a thread of tenderness between usand i could not help but gnaw at the centeruntil it snapped into two...
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my mouth was shutfor so long that my teeth decayed.you complainedthat my lips were alwaysdry and chapped;you kissed me anyway,even when they cracked and bled.—you kissed me anyway
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