poetry blog – Page 10 – Mecca-Amirah Jackson

Sweet, sweet water

December 7, 2016January 12, 2017by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

sweet, sweet water bathe me in remembrance. trickle down my smooth, smooth skin, until I am heavy with fullness. push past my puckered lips, a seal broken by Genesis. baby, I do not want to hurt, no, I do not want to hurt no more. the water took my mama, my daddy, my future [...]

Poetry

Gouged Passion

November 22, 2016January 12, 2017by Mecca_Amirah1 Comment

It tempted me with its scent, Leading me by the nose, I grumbled But I went along to the tune that crazed my mind. A red, plump fruit Begging to be split open And its essence gouged, I took a sharp knife and spun The being in my hands- Strategizing the best way To [...]

Poetry, Short Story/Prose, Thoughtful, thoughts

Pain, Love, Depression, and Joy

November 8, 2016February 6, 2017by Mecca_Amirah1 Comment

“Everyone has written about pain; what makes it unique to you?” My pain is early, unbeknownst to my psyche until I became misinformed and mislead through others ambivalence. My pain levitates in the middle of two races. My pain is centuries long, my pain is past skin, hair, features, curves. My pain flickers and [...]

Poetry, Short Story/Prose, Thoughtful

This feeling…

November 2, 2016January 12, 2017by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

This feeling is almost like yellow-white lightening. An unnamed taste that cannot easily part from my lips, I crave the zest of this element yet, I cannot name the feeling it awakens within me. I will search the highest of tides and the lowest beams of yellow-eyed predators until I am able to name [...]

feminism, Poetry

The curse of Patriarchy

October 25, 2016January 12, 2017by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

Do you wish me to be as miserable as you? I am told me to be strong, independent, opinonated and proud yet you tell me to quiet down...why is that? Am I too strong for you? When you hunch over and hide your body to take up less space, I valiantly step forward, head thrown [...]