flowers – Page 3 – Mecca-Amirah Jackson

New edition avaliable

June 20, 2018by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

Hi there! I have been working on making a new edition for inflorescence and it is finally available. It's a little smaller and cheaper ❤ Click the link below: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1720828369/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1529509573&sr=1-2

Poems Based on Flowers, Poetry

buttercup

June 2, 2018May 31, 2018by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

things are not what they seem; tangled roots and spirally stems, boast a bouquet of blossoms so harmless, they are scary. tread carefully, whispers the leaves, watchful and aimless, each blade of grass trembles at my mane of yellow petals and sweet- tasting rain. i am everlasting, i am forgotten in place of cheaper names, [...]

Poems Based on Flowers, Poetry

chrysanthemum

June 1, 2018May 31, 2018by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

devour me whole, i do not wish to linger on your lips. rip me apart and swallow me until nothing of me remains. i want to join you, become an irrevocable part of you; let’s share the same skin, i will pump your blood, and cleanse your senses, let us become one, not two, [...]

Poetry

sights never heard

June 1, 2018May 31, 2018by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

a lack of pain, hope, joy in the midst of a rowdy crowd, smells i’ve never tasted, sights never heard, i am empty. empty not broken; broken can be repaired, sealed off with cement, but empty, empty is a state where you try in vain to fill this hole but you lose yourself in the [...]

Poetry

i had to become less, to become more

May 19, 2018May 18, 2018by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

i had to digress to progress. i had to become less, to become more. i suffered alone to allow others to see my growth. i shine brighter, to make up for the times i cried even harder. i became me; from the cocoon I sprouted wings dancing in glitter. in times of insanity, i grew [...]