poems – Mecca-Amirah Jackson

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 [...]

night-bloomer, Poetry

Trapped

January 27, 2023January 21, 2023by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

trapped in the vines, i am trapped in the poolof his eyes. i swam beneath the surfaceand drank from the edge. it is like waterfallssplashing me across the face; neck thrown back,i wanted to consume everything. i wanted the black waterto overwhelm me, trap me in a prison of my own design.i once fabricated insensitive [...]

Daydreamer, Poetry

Every Time

January 22, 2023January 21, 2023by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

every time i fall back in lovewith myself, i find myself more reluctant to share myself with others. Buy Here

Poetry

Leave your name at the beep

December 5, 2022by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

Ring. Ring. I’m sorry to disappoint you,But I don’t exist.Those messages you’ve tried to sendWill bounce backBecause there was never anyoneLiving at the address or called that name.She’s not gone— she never was.Like a phantom that has slipped throughThe cracks of life, there will neverbe anyone to mourn me.No legacy on this earth—Why expect tears [...]