night-bloomer – Mecca-Amirah Jackson

a graveyard of shame

January 31, 2023January 21, 2023by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

a graveyard of shame it waits for me like a smug lover, knowing that i’ll run back into it’s ready embrace. depression slouches inthe corner, seducing me with heated words and clammy hands. the numbness penetrates my teeth. i bite down on the ache. my gums are sore and my mouth is a graveyard of [...]

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Trapped

January 27, 2023January 21, 2023by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

trapped in the vines, i am trapped in the poolof his eyes. i swam beneath the surfaceand drank from the edge. it is like waterfallssplashing me across the face; neck thrown back,i wanted to consume everything. i wanted the black waterto overwhelm me, trap me in a prison of my own design.i once fabricated insensitive [...]

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bitter tears

August 15, 2022August 8, 2022by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

i’ve been neglecting you, claiming that your needsshould be met, before mine, before there’s, before his; i should have explained to you i was overwhelmed, that i was terrified to askfor help or even proclaim that i’m not fine.were the tears bitter when you wept? frozen on your cheeks like sand, would it have hurt [...]

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why do you push me away?

August 7, 2022September 14, 2022by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

why do you push me away?water chases secrets down my arms, andi knot your sighs into my hair like ribbons. your words were honey on my lips, sticky kisses, oh, so easily i get distracted .you were the trees that waved in the silence. you were the river that fought back. you are the weeds [...]

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unrequited love

August 3, 2022July 25, 2022by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

unrequited love is a disease. it eats at me, ravages me.i am no longer me when the waves hit me. i am slumbered beneath the sea. i am in mourning. i am a tree that has lost its leaves. the autumn of my life, i must salvage what is left; i will replant in the [...]