i’ve forgotten

December 9, 2020.Reading time 1 minute.

I’ve forgotten how to be soft, tender, and warm.I’m standing amid a snowstorm and it’s starting to feel like home.When did it begin? Was it with him? Taking something from me time and time again, I’m used to shivering in the cold. naked and defenseless, when’s the last time an embrace was offered, no guarantees […]

how Long?

November 22, 2020.Reading time 6 minutes.

How Long? – Mecca-Amirah Jackson How many times will I curl up and try to disappear? How many more nights of begging for answers? Loneliness ripping through me like riptides; im clinging on for dear life. Haven’t thought of ending it in a while but standing before the truth, alone, God it makes me question […]

voice-less

October 21, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

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October 14, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

i demand the moon

September 27, 2020.Reading time 1 minute.

i demand the moon – 9/26/2020 sometimes i miss you, most i days i don’t. it’s fading—those moments where i can easily picture your face. i struggle now to remember. if this is progress than why does my heart scream? pumping slower, heart beat losing its rhythm, i’m moving on, going forward but without the […]

a boy, in my bed

September 23, 2020.Reading time 1 minute.

a boy, in my bed – 9/21/2020 i write this for you, who may be wondering why despite the hours settled in the sheets of my bed, you left with nothing but the conversations we shared playing back in your head. you see, intimacy is more than skin–it’s the exchange of breath, the sighs, the […]

night-bloomer & Ascend

September 17, 2020.Reading time 1 minute.

night-bloomer night-bloomer is a dark and lush poetry collection divided into seven chapters: new moon, crescent, waxing gibbous, full moon, wolf moon, waning, and full cycle. each poem bursting with vivid language and raw and honest emotions, Mecca-Amirah’s latest installment explores topics like relationships, betrayal, depression, and self-love.check out more of her work at: http://meccaamirahjackson.com […]

This isn’t love (love does not take from you)

September 16, 2020.Reading time 3 minutes.

This isn’t love (love does not take from you)- 9/15/2020 you say this is love, tears mingling with your pleas. skin pale, teeth rotting from decay; how can you call this love when it drains you? robs you of joy and leaves you with nothing but scraps to keep warm? you deserve a feast […]

where it went wrong

September 7, 2020.Reading time 6 minutes.

“where it went wrong” – Ascend– page 27-29 where it went wrong i it has become an obsession of mine: going back in time, decipheringthe wreckage, the carnage,to find where it went wrong. ii there must be a clear path…a reason…something so simple that i could go back in timeso you can love me. forgive […]

bury me

September 5, 2020.Reading time 1 minute.

bury me -sept 5/2020 bury my emotions, so deep, you can’t see the tops of my feet. bury me, bury me, deep. i don’t want them to hear my screams. bury me, until they see, that this was more than a cry for help; i came to you for shelter but you turned your cheek. […]