Poetry – Page 51 – Mecca-Amirah Jackson

you should have

October 25, 2017by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

you should have held me close, before i learned how to fly. i am gone now, dreaming in the sky. every cloud greets me with easy smiles and riddles both curious and sly. every bird swims with me, soaring through riptides and horizons dyed in sienna and goldenrod. you were foolish to love me and [...]

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meant to be?

October 4, 2017October 4, 2017by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

were we meant to be daffodils caught in a tree? floating endlessly? tangling in the stinger of a bee? i could never tell because you meant more to me; your smile having me list these silly things ✨🌙 @amateur_poet

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mercy

October 4, 2017October 13, 2017by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

you decayed, slowly. dripping all over my window-still, you lingered. i should have shown you mercy; you drooped, you wept, i watched idly, i dreamed breathlessly. i never knew, the exact time of your death...🌙🌸 @amateur_poet {check out MORE} https://www.instagram.com/p/BZuQIVAhvcS/?taken-by=amateur__poet

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overcast

September 22, 2017by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

emotions ebb from me in waves, raw emotions drown me in flames. desperate to be set free its cage, a monster awaits to come out and play. but what if i want more than bated threats and somber eyes? who will look upon me and mourn, when I die? summer flings are for the songbirds [...]

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lavender dreams

September 20, 2017September 20, 2017by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

i know there is more to life than fields of magenta kisses and lavender dreams but when you ensnare me with nothing but your gaze, there is nothing to worry about; i am now trapped in a violet haze🌸🌿✨💕 📸: @jolinam0sh