questions – Mecca-Amirah Jackson

i am ready to start over

July 19, 2018July 18, 2018by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

ive finally found clarity... this new, alien feeling, i will treat it as if is it was a fledging tree. i will be tender with its root and I will sit back and watch with unparalleled awe at what i accomplished. green-thumb, green eyes darken to a lovely amber, i am ready to start over [...]

Poetry

Reflective iv (unanswered)

July 6, 2017July 6, 2017by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

<Reflective iv> (unanswered) [Why did you never look me in the eyes when you hurt me? Was it because when you did, you saw yourself through me? did you tremble? did the image of you, monstrous and ugly, keep you up at night? did you cry when you broke me; did you keep the shattered [...]

Poetry, Thoughtful

like fertilizer

May 28, 2017May 28, 2017by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

i wish i could garden from my concrete walls. could i spread my petals from between window panels? does thorns pierce through manmade as easily as he pierced through my heart? if heartbreak could be cultivated and harvested, spritzed with pesticides and doused in the misery- mist of polluted lies and boys who swear they [...]

Midnight thoughts, thoughts

I wonder what he dreams of…

May 5, 2017May 5, 2017by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

I wonder what he dreams of... Do they keep them up at night, like mine do? Colors, oh, how much I love colors! Do your dreams appears as vivid as mine? Can you taste the ocean? The salt, the brine, the kiss of waves on your feet, does it feel the same way? What are your [...]