poetry blog – Page 5 – Mecca-Amirah Jackson

but i didn’t listen

July 17, 2017by 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 wont accept a girl who follows her heart and strays from reality and [...]

Poetry, Romantic

heaven-sent

July 13, 2017by Mecca_Amirah2 Comments

<heaven-sent> we dance around the subject, so misguidedly. you want me, i want you, i want to rest my thighs over your face and watch as you lap my at my secrets like a drowning man. i want you to take me without abandon, hair pulling, as you choke me without any hands. prowling through [...]

Poetry

talk the talk

July 7, 2017by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

<talk the talk> you talk the talk, haircut always fresh, buzzed eyes, you stood out to me; amidst a crowd of flashy colors and gaudy nights, i could not stay away, even when i desperately tried. sneakers always fresh, tired eyes but your head game is a mess, you stood apart, even when you tripped [...]

Poetry

Reflective iii (neglect)

July 6, 2017by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

<Reflective iii> (neglect) He bled, heavily. I tried to fix it. He was broken beyond repair; touched by darkness, betrayed by family’s oversight, I wanted to be the one to hold your hand, hold your heart, and be the one you turned over to and talked all throughout midnight. But the blue hour shined [...]

Poetry, Romantic, Structured

cauterize

June 14, 2017June 14, 2017by Mecca_Amirah4 Comments

It was remiss, how the taste Of you on my lips, drew me in, Drowned me in unending bliss. It should be unfair, how sweet You came to me; soft kisses That disappeared on my skin like mist, You licked my wounds like tears, Flowers petals appeared, where Pain whet like stabbing fears. you pushed, [...]