Mecca_Amirah

not enough

February 12, 2018February 12, 2018by Mecca_Amirah3 Comments

i wrote you out of my life because you were a danger to my self-esteem, my vibes, my energy, and goddamn, even my teeth. so many nights i bit down on the truth; you were my biggest muse but now, i no longer need you✨ https://www.amazon.com/inflorescence-Mecca-Amirah-Jackson/dp/1981171738/ref=redir_mobile_desktop?_encoding=UTF8&dpID=41k9XtyUpJL&dpPl=1&keywords=mecca-amirah%20jackson&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&qid=1514054983&ref=plSrch&ref_=mp_s_a_1_1&sr=8-1

Personal Posts, Reviews

jan-feb 2018 mini-book haul

February 9, 2018February 9, 2018by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

As of my 2018 poetry book purchases, I bought these two little beauties ❤ -Depression and Other Magic Tricks by Sabrina Benaim -2 Fish by Jhene Aiko Efuru Chilombo I am so excited to read these books! I remember watching Sabrina Benaim preform "Explain Depression to my Mother" and I was immediately hooked. Not [...]

Poetry

will-o-wisps and fireflies

February 2, 2018January 31, 2018by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

will-o-wisps and fireflies, i thought with time, those memories would stop taunting me at night. same pain, different face, a pattern that i am determined to break, i am still hoping for better days • • • click the link my book: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1981171738/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

inflorescence

why do you never ask the real questions?

February 1, 2018by Mecca_Amirah2 Comments

why does the “i” in family mean that i must be isolated; a lonely island of one, was i cursed to never truly fit in? emotions rage inside of me; i am my own tsunami. i wreck havoc, on myself, those around me-am i a monster? a staple black sheep, maybe, just maybe, they will [...]

Poetry

so lonely

February 1, 2018January 31, 2018by Mecca_Amirah2 Comments

do you ever feel so lonely that even crying seems pointless? why waste tears for an audience of one? what’s the point in wallowing in the depthless pool of loneliness when there is no one to save you from drowning? misery loves company but loneliness feeds on the numbness, the silence; the sheer noiselessness is [...]