thoughts – Page 2 – Mecca-Amirah Jackson

Reflective ii (trauma)

July 6, 2017July 6, 2017by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

<Reflective ii> (trauma) Memories so bleak, I seem to have forgotten– {heaven-sent or trauma}–I have seem to forgotten the moment you shattered me beyond repair. You ripped me apart; took a yellow hand and punched into my chest. What hurts more– the impact or the accusations? How grotesque my heart appeared outside of my [...]

thoughts

Reflective i (shattered)

July 6, 2017by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

<Reflective i> (shattered) My eyes red with tears yet to be spent, Yours eyes were solid like mahogany yet hollow with rot. you saw the pain that Ran deep within them yet you turned your cheek. Blood wept from the sores you left inside of me. You promised me forever; forever was a beaten road [...]

Poetry, thoughts

give and take

June 9, 2017June 14, 2017by Mecca_Amirah3 Comments

the rock and sway of the boat beneath my feet, i feel like i am stick in place, a trunk to my lovely tree. the earth dances as i remain frozen; she dances as if her feet were on fire. he chases tears down with barley leaves and fermented herbs, he swallows even when [...]

feminism, Poetry, thoughts

Nothing

June 8, 2017June 8, 2017by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

It hurts to be looked at like I'm nothing. As if I'm just an object That you can pick up and place In your shopping cart. It hurts To know the things going through Your mind are not safe. When you smirk And scoff, mock and jeer, Do you not understand The fear that grips [...]

thoughts, writing

what-if’s and maybe’s

May 31, 2017June 8, 2017by Mecca_Amirah7 Comments

it is as if you nourish yourself on my pain. you must revel in my agony, it must be the truth because there is no possible way you do not see how much you mean to me. it is there, in my eyes. fevered, you once reached over and layed your hand on my forehead [...]