poetry – Page 12 – Mecca-Amirah Jackson

I Forgave You

March 13, 2022February 20, 2022by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

I Forgave You you betrayed me last night,in my dreams. a vivid scenedripping with paint and tangled in ivy,i forgave you even when you went for round two. you did not have to make love to her the way you did. an unleashed passionthat threatened to disrupt our reality, you ate her up like it [...]

Daydreamer

you always reminded me of…

March 10, 2022February 20, 2022by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

you always remindedme of a lion basking underneath an unrelenting sun; swollen with power,eyes lazy but limbs ready to spring, but with me, you meltedin my hands like putty. https://www.amazon.com/Daydreamer-Mecca-Amirah-Jackson/dp/1796831786/ref=sr_1_5?qid=1645387261&refinements=p_27%3AMecca-Amirah+Jackson&s=books&sr=1-5&text=Mecca-Amirah+Jackson

Daydreamer

Wild Indigo

March 8, 2022February 20, 2022by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

Wild Indigo i taste like sleepless nights and throbbing headaches.even the crash of waves sounds like my name.i am the one who got away; my smile is the last thing you will see.even on vacation, you damn me. my hair smells of the tropics, skindrenched in honey; i will never let you go,even when you [...]

Daydreamer

I Can Still Taste You On My Lips

March 6, 2022February 20, 2022by Mecca_Amirah1 Comment

I Can Still Taste You On My Lips i can still taste you on my lips– rapture at the tipof my tongue, plagued by dreams of you, i can only swallow– reminiscing as i burn. https://www.amazon.com/Daydreamer-Mecca-Amirah-Jackson/dp/1796831786/ref=sr_1_5?qid=1645387261&refinements=p_27%3AMecca-Amirah+Jackson&s=books&sr=1-5&text=Mecca-Amirah+Jackson

Daydreamer

Shadow Play

March 2, 2022February 20, 2022by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

Shadow Play gathered closelike two flickering flames,together we burn brighter amid thedarkly hollows. the shadows retreat.the whispers expire. the doubts resurface, but with steady hands we extinguishour worries. incandescence;let us marvel as we shed our clothes.layers and layers of insecuritieslet the shadow play; reveal where youmade your “flaws” your home.let me kiss every hurt and [...]