Daydreamer – Mecca-Amirah Jackson

Phoenix

November 18, 2022November 17, 2022by Mecca_Amirah2 Comments

Phoenix i’m impenetrable;i’ve survived every hurt, every resounding pain,every unimaginable horror, and because of that,intact my foundation remains. what else can you do to methat has not been done before?i will survive it, like i survived you.i am a goddess now; i severed my cordto this world and now i am floating. drifting. timeless. i’m [...]

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November 12, 2022November 10, 2022by Mecca_Amirah7 Comments

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Balanced

September 30, 2022September 30, 2022by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

i feel balanced–it’s strange, but not unwelcome. i am used to feeling too much, my glass always spilling on the sides, or nothing at all, a numbness that penetrates my teeth, toes, a hollow echoing. but now, i’m lucid. i feel, at a distance. i can think clearly. the well of creativity is deeper than [...]

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Unripe Youths

September 25, 2022by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

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 [...]

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You Will Feel My Absence

September 21, 2022September 14, 2022by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

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 [...]