thoughts – Mecca-Amirah Jackson

how Long?

November 22, 2020November 7, 2021by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

How Long? – Mecca-Amirah Jackson How many times will I curl up and try to disappear? How many more nights of begging for answers? Loneliness ripping through me like riptides; im clinging on for dear life. Haven’t thought of ending it in a while but standing before the truth, alone, God it makes me question [...]

Poetry, thoughts

resentment(giving too much of myself away)

September 5, 2020by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

resentment(giving too much of myself away) sept 4/2020 why is it that i grow resentful at the sound of the clock? i damn the hands of time but can’t catch my breath when my fate rewinds. i face my adversaries with indifference; i am bold and confused. i’m loud and insecure and damn, why is [...]

Poetry, thoughts

rebirth(the RIDE, the THRILL)

September 5, 2020by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

i wonder if my fate was never this—i’ve become too dependent and here i am, sitting here looking foolish. how to rebuild the walls of my pride. too focused on positivity and rebirth, i should have been preparing for the storm and rain. so many times i’ve become involved in other people’s stories–it was the [...]

Poetry, thoughts

scraps

August 21, 2017August 21, 2017by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

i use to live off of the scraps he once gave me. i was emaciated. skeletal. i needed more than meager compliments and sparse commitments. i am full now. i am curvy. i am finally healthy. never again will i ever accept scraps when I have a Queen's appetite❤️❤️💕 @amateur__poet

Poetry, thoughts

goodbye

July 19, 2017July 19, 2017by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

<goodbye> it pains me to think this, write this, but i have decided to part with you. leave you behind in my vivid fantasies because as the days stretch long and inviting, nights sleepless with longing, you are devastating me. it’s not your fault, of course. you never knew the consequences of your smile but [...]