anxiety

I’m not your North Star

March 17, 2022March 19, 2022by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

There’s this expectation of me that I can’t seem to shake. I know I can’t control the narratives others perceive of me but it’s the me that they prefer that makes me want to scream. The happy one. The smiley one. If I’m not happy - then something has to be wrong. Are we not [...]

Poetry, thoughts

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 [...]

Short Poem

detangling the storm

April 4, 2017by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

detangling the storm above me, i hurry to push pen to paper– to quiet the thunder, the lightening, the rumbling clouds that threatens more than common rain.

Short Story/Prose, thoughts

March 23, 2017by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

anxiety: anxiety has my mind going a mile-a-minute. i am speeding down a highway going 200 on a 55 road. i am frost burnt as i stumble in the woods reading Robert Frost. my brain is aching as if i have been at the gym all day.it has became a struggle to fall asleep now; the lights [...]