busy, busy

August 29, 2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

View this post on Instagram busy, busy, busy 🌃 A post shared by Mecca-Amirah Jackson (@amateur__poet) on Aug 22, 2019 at 1:58pm PDT

coney island, 2019

August 28, 2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

View this post on Instagram silent screams stretch the length of eternity…i tug the thread, desperately. i trail behind and pray. a smile on my face while my skin shutters and stretches. anything can happen on a summer day-a host of clouds gathered before an abandoned pier, a lone figure wavering at the edge, mute, […]

clarity, i claim it

August 27, 2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

View this post on Instagram clarity, i claim it. serenity, i cherish it. ive prayed for peace, i collected shells at the shore, i danced with the wind—my time is now, it’s grand, it’s polite, it holds open doors. it’s here, it’s welcome to sit by my fire and reminiscent about fairies and the Irish […]

The magic of spring

April 25, 2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Tender Vermillion Daydreams

April 16, 2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

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Two sides to every story

August 27, 2018.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Two sides to every story but when it comes to you, it always leads to one: you were my home-unfinished and undone, pieces were missing but that was what made me love you the most- the way i could look through you, like the clouds peaking through the sun. View this post on Instagram two […]

split

August 26, 2018.Reading time less than 1 minute.

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 View this post on Instagram split […]

night-bloomer

May 10, 2018.Reading time less than 1 minute.

The proofs are here😩 will be released by the end of may💕 My second poetry book night-bloomer is finished and now the editing process and final arrangements begin. in the meantime, check out my first book inflorescence! Click the link 🌸 My new installment is going to be dark, lush, and sexy! can’t wait to release […]

in a jungle of few

May 7, 2018.Reading time less than 1 minute.

thrust into the waves; a baby sea turtle shouldn’t have to be so brave. to backstroke through the city streets: it made me lean, indifferently mean, made me miss green sleeves and citrus trees. i shout on walls, i cry on cement, my canvas is anyone impatient enough to listen. i dodge yellow beasts and […]

maybe if you had

April 28, 2018.Reading time less than 1 minute.

maybe if you had changed your perspective, turned left inside of right, danced in the center instead of holding all the coats and purses all night, maybe you would see that the day is just as illicit as the night ✨