Short Story/Prose – Page 3 – Mecca-Amirah Jackson

the weight of fate

August 18, 2016January 12, 2017by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

A girl with dandelions interwoven through her braids beams a smile untouched by the bitter decay of age. Wisdom is a stage we all crave yet when she closes her eyes, the sunlight never tasted so sweet on her beestung lips. A gentle breeze carrying the teasing spray of brine and the nostalgic scent of [...]

otherworldly, Short Story/Prose

every Full Moon night

March 23, 2016June 30, 2016by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

I feel like I can make this a very interesting story….. At the ripe age of thirteen, Princess Melanie was lured into the forest by the Fey; long-armed and beautiful, trimmed with silver linings and dressed in raw, clinging silks. They barked with laughter as the led her astray, Melanie's feet skipping to a [...]

Short Story/Prose, Thoughtful, Uncategorized

The unusual and the strange

January 1, 2016July 1, 2016by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

A gypsy-soul starving for wanderlust, kohl-rimmed eyes and intricate-beaded scarves, adventure vibrant in her eyes as she searches for true meaning. An earthy remedy excludes the man-made conundrum that we so readily feast on–we forget to be philosophers, open our minds to unusual and the strange, accept that the world is not to be shaded in [...]

Short Story/Prose, Uncategorized

The Forest of Yesterdays

December 23, 2015July 1, 2016by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

Babygirl can you recognize the language of the tress, the whispers of leaves, the laughter of the wind, the waves of warmth from the summer breeze? Bare feet touch grassy green, roots embed as they lock in– feeding as I grow, I suckle the trickles of savory, sweet sap, I gnaw on the ripe, poisonous [...]

Poetry, Romantic, Short Story/Prose, Thoughtful, Uncategorized

The Moon, My Life

December 18, 2015July 1, 2016by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

At the New Moon of my life I gave into the call of the dark, The impulsive, the dreadful tang of misery. Heavy and burdened-I knew only chaos and silence. But stay hopeful, stay golden– You will know I am when well my smile is radiant in the night sky. Kiss me tender, A simmering [...]