black and white – Mecca-Amirah Jackson

split

August 26, 2018by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

split between wanting and needing, it only takes one decision to take that damning last step. if i waver, will you wait? hesitancy is a virus that spread its sticky tentacles inside of me but every time the grip becomes stronger, ill chance another step...and another, and another https://www.instagram.com/p/BmmEVE8B32T/?taken-by=amateur__poet

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i spy

April 19, 2018April 17, 2018by Mecca_Amirah2 Comments

i spy a forgotten dress, drapped over an off-white mannequin with only one hand. frills and bows, tulle and a stubbed noes, these dresses seem more like ghosts; hovering over the living and begroaning their forsaken fate. forgotten but found, i spy a kaleidoscope of butterflies woven into a moth eaten gown... 👗 https://www.instagram.com/p/Bho_WKTng_P/?taken-by=amateur__poet

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she lies beside me

April 18, 2018April 17, 2018by Mecca_Amirah3 Comments

she lies beside me tangled in expired dreams and pristine bedsheets. she sleeps, stubbornly, a question puckered beside her cheek: will my good deeds be met with a cure, to this loneliness that resides inside of me like a cold, cellar door? she tosses, she turns, she kicks, she coughs, and while i sit beside [...]

Poetry

almost like magic

April 17, 2018April 17, 2018by Mecca_Amirah2 Comments

the light caresses wonder and a tender emotion in your eyes. it’s almost like magic when the sun sifts through the wavering eddies of ether and smog to shine so brilliantly, it’s blinds✨

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like paint

March 23, 2018by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

memories can disappear, drip off the canvas like paint. clumps of stolen kisses, a puddle of braided arms and tangled hair. i dread the memories captured with film. rolls of poised smiles and fake cheer. a garland of holding hands and exposed backs. slippery hands stained with siennna and black, push me to the edge [...]