poet – Page 7 – Mecca-Amirah Jackson

agoraphobia

July 24, 2022July 23, 2022by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

purple paint with a white trim, weighs heavy on thethin walls. kernels of stucco cannot muffle the flush of yawning pipes.i was a prisoner in this “room,” but i left the cell doors wide open.i held the keys in my grip as i rocked myself to sleep.i drew trees and vines on my wall. like [...]

Midnight thoughts, Poetry

High expectations

July 1, 2022by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

I ask too much from peoplewho don’t know to love themselves.It all starts with a request: mutual respect.I erect my boundaries,I pray they stand against the moon and tide,I know it won’t last—nothing human madewill every last underneath the might of God. But still, I wish, I pray, I daydream of better daysfilled with fields [...]

Poetry

I miss you, I miss you

June 29, 2022June 30, 2022by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

I miss you, I miss you.I will sing this woeful song in the threes, in iambic pentameter,anything to prove how much you mean to me. I miss you, I miss you.I miss the sting of your dismissal.The disinterest in your eyes.I want to earn your love,I’ll do anything to please you.I’ll get on my knees [...]

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 [...]

inflorescence

You

May 2, 2022April 27, 2022by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

You you read my poetry without ever truly reading it.you saw me without ever needingto turn a page. lines and linesof my soul etched in ink—youtook one look down and saw moreof me than i ever thought.how do you do that?that is, know me so wellwhen my mouth is closed?you persisted with questionsthat were stones [...]