poems – Page 6 – Mecca-Amirah Jackson

bitter tears

August 15, 2022August 8, 2022by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

i’ve been neglecting you, claiming that your needsshould be met, before mine, before there’s, before his; i should have explained to you i was overwhelmed, that i was terrified to askfor help or even proclaim that i’m not fine.were the tears bitter when you wept? frozen on your cheeks like sand, would it have hurt [...]

night-bloomer

why do you push me away?

August 7, 2022September 14, 2022by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

why do you push me away?water chases secrets down my arms, andi knot your sighs into my hair like ribbons. your words were honey on my lips, sticky kisses, oh, so easily i get distracted .you were the trees that waved in the silence. you were the river that fought back. you are the weeds [...]

night-bloomer

unrequited love

August 3, 2022July 25, 2022by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

unrequited love is a disease. it eats at me, ravages me.i am no longer me when the waves hit me. i am slumbered beneath the sea. i am in mourning. i am a tree that has lost its leaves. the autumn of my life, i must salvage what is left; i will replant in the [...]

Poetry, weightless

you taste like tea to me

July 26, 2022July 24, 2022by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

you taste like tea to me; your scent splashes across my face, you’re too hot, but i can’t wait to savor you. you roll across my tongue, i lingeron the bottom lip. you fill me up; warm and smooth down my throat, eyes dazed, smile lazy, i’ll finish you until you’re cold and spent. you [...]

inflorescence

But I didn’t listen

May 4, 2022May 2, 2022by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

But I didn’t listen love me enough to stay; love me enough to leave. you told me it was silly to dream outside the four walls of your heart. you told me to clip my wings. you lied and said the world won’t accept a girl who follows her passions and strays from reality and [...]