poems – Mecca-Amirah Jackson

Like the sun

November 17, 2025by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

Like the sun, I want to bask in your warmth. Like the moon, I'm awed by your beauty. Like the stars, I beseech you to ease the weight of loneliness that I've carried for far too long. Pulled into your orbit, it terrifies me how effortlessly I'm drawn to you. Every time I pull away, I realize [...]

Poetry

What is a lie if not a premature truth?

October 6, 2024by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

Violet petals, crushed, and mixed with dye. diluted. disapproving. the aroma is faint but I succumb to its lull. disarmed by a mere fragrance— where are my defenses? disillusioned and disarmed, I’m weak aren’t it? I’ve given myself epithets that would put the Greeks to shame. Great. Kind. Brave. Or are these titles testaments to [...]

Poetry

Like a Spanish guitar

June 8, 2024June 12, 2024by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

He was a young man who struggled to meet my gaze; on a warm October night, with the tea tree lights reflected in the auburn of his eyes. I saw eternity; a universe with planets freckles across the surface. I found myself begging him not to shut his them. Time solidified, dripping down the sides [...]

Poetry

I hate her; I love him; they both hate me.

March 25, 2024by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

It was the autumn of my first semester and the first time I fell in love with her. It was sudden, like a bee sting, how it pricked me. My skin, tender and bruised, carried the mark of her poisonous kiss like a tattoo. It was dizzying how quickly she reeled me in. Caught under [...]

night-bloomer, Poetry

a graveyard of shame

January 31, 2023January 21, 2023by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

a graveyard of shame it waits for me like a smug lover, knowing that i’ll run back into it’s ready embrace. depression slouches inthe corner, seducing me with heated words and clammy hands. the numbness penetrates my teeth. i bite down on the ache. my gums are sore and my mouth is a graveyard of [...]