poetry – Page 7 – Mecca-Amirah Jackson

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 [...]

night-bloomer

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 [...]

Poetry, weightless

Ascending

July 22, 2022by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

"babygirl with the tight braids,we both know the truth, the reason why you cry when you pray. lost in the cosmic wonder of eternity,how does it feel to be brought before the almighty? how does it feel to be on the center stage,with the audience neither clapping nor booing? a stillness... an awareness.i want to [...]

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 [...]