poetry – Page 6 – Mecca-Amirah Jackson

I taste misery on your lips–

August 17, 2022August 8, 2022by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

I taste misery on your lips but I willingly reach up to swallow more of your despair. We are in this fight together, You and I will reach Nirvana together. Braving the storms of euphoria, I cry your name even when you shun me away. I cling to you even as we tear each other [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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granny smith apples

July 29, 2022July 25, 2022by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

granny smith apples never tasted sweet to me. tart. dangerous. i bite down; the crisp crack rubbing against my teeth. eve never deserved a death wish. lilith planted a garden of strength and adam ripped out every flower in haste. seas were saltier when lilith birthed millions of screams and swallowed a million deaths. mourning [...]