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Allure

Da: A Journal of Delta Arts Poetry 2nd Place Winner
Jamelia Mason, Da Contest Winner • March 19, 2024
Jamelia Mason
Jamelia Mason

Hot and cold brings sudden storms  

A whirlwind of rage 

A shattered space

 

Moving forward – Moving backwards

I’m moving constant

Lee, awakens my sea

but I don’t speak

I scream, “Inflict, inject sweet heat on my neck!”

Constant moving 

I’m inside out and upside down

A branch of this and a twig of that 

Hinged with this and unhinged with that 

Constant  

Lee, makes me speak

 

Bound 

Soul conjoined

One calls out and one covers

Warm, sweet, honey trickles

opening up and oozing 

I scream 

Screaming distorts what is screaming

Euphoric woes

Indicators of sensation

Sensation awakened — what lay forsaken. 

 

Sweet heat drenches 

Melting away all debris 

I lured, allure the illusion at the core

 

PASSION EXTEND 

BOUND BY OXYTOCIN

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About the Contributor
Jamelia Mason
Jamelia Mason, Co-Editor-in-Chief
Jamelia Mason (she/her) is a senior at Delta State. She is originally from Clarksdale, Miss., but went to school in Tunica, Miss. Jamelia was initially an elementary education major, but now majors in business administration and minors in English creative writing. Jamelia is a Co-Editor-in-Chief for the Delta Statement. She is also an RA for the Lawler Harkins dormitory on campus. Jamelia has six siblings who are all boys. In her freetime, she likes to go window shopping around TJ Maxx, Marshalls, or Ross. One hobby she would love to pick up is sewing. The two items on the top of her bucket list are to visit Jamaica and play on Broadway in the musical “Chicago.” Jamelia Mason is an fun, outgoing woman who plans on opening up a publication company upon graduating in May 2024.