poems – Page 24 – Mecca-Amirah Jackson

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, [...]

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i spy

April 19, 2018April 17, 2018by Mecca_Amirah2 Comments

i spy a forgotten dress, drapped over an off-white mannequin with only one hand. frills and bows, tulle and a stubbed noes, these dresses seem more like ghosts; hovering over the living and begroaning their forsaken fate. forgotten but found, i spy a kaleidoscope of butterflies woven into a moth eaten gown... 👗 https://www.instagram.com/p/Bho_WKTng_P/?taken-by=amateur__poet

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love is an illusion

April 18, 2018April 17, 2018by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

love is an illusion and i’ve been lost in the desert for centuries. scorpions prick at my feet yet i tread on- desperate to find my oasis, my love, my one-and-only? but what if love is a lie and i have bound myself to a lonely existence? a life of waiting by the pier, waiting [...]

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nights were once the loneliness

April 17, 2018April 17, 2018by Mecca_Amirah2 Comments

nights were once the lonelinesses of times until i shut my eyes and saw that the moon is always there, present, when when the sky is bright. an omnipotent being hovering over my deeds, my pleas and the rare weakness of greed; i knew that there was time to grow, to change, to allow others [...]

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April Books <3

April 17, 2018April 17, 2018by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

Can’t wait to read these💕✨ 📚🌙children of blood and bone by tony adeyemi -So far, it is AMAZING! 📚why a poem? by @criesofaith💕 📚death by poetry by @deathbypoetry https://www.instagram.com/p/BhMo4zYgknn/?taken-by=amateur__poet