Poetry – Page 47 – Mecca-Amirah Jackson

Poetry

weary of you

November 22, 2017November 20, 2017by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

i’ve grown weary of you; once, your smile gave me butterflies now i could care less about the color of your eyes✨

Poetry

waterfalls

November 21, 2017November 20, 2017by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

waterfalls sound prettier in my head. so that’s why i close my eyes and listen as the water folds and divides, demands but never shies.

Poetry

imaginary vines

November 21, 2017November 20, 2017by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

where were you when i pleaded for sanity? the witching hour, took a heavy toll on me. lost in a tunnel, with no hope of seeing, clearly, i sank back, and became aligned once again with the roots of the trees. majesty, lover, an omnipotent being standing before me-jailer, ridicule and dismay, tangled in imaginary [...]

Poetry

green memories

November 20, 2017November 20, 2017by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

green memories disappear underneath the leaves of time. pale-limbs and pretty boys who whistle in rhyme, i found peace, eventually. i found clarity while unearthing secrets bound in twine.✨

Poetry

the same song

November 20, 2017November 20, 2017by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

we were out of tune; off-key, each caress felt wrong, more unlikely than stars without a blanket of dreams. dreading you, dreading us, i tore skin, for you, i gouged flesh, for us. nothing but a bag of bones, for what? in vain? or for us? cowardice mice, men dressed in false skins, we were [...]