https://anchor.fm/mecca-amirah-jackson/episodes/where-it-went-wrong-ernq74 This episode is also available as a blog post: http://meccaamirahjackson.com/2020/09/07/where-it-went-wrong-2/ Read my poetry here: https://linktr.ee/mecca_amirah
Tag: relationships
Tragedy sings me to sleep
Tragedy sings me to sleeps - 1/7/2020 Tragedy sings me to sleep. not even a door, a wall can smother the violence that brews so close to me. A messenger of peace, I'm met with the herolds of the harbinger of chaos; i’m not prepared for this storm of rage. You call it love when [...]
night-bloomer & Ascend
night-bloomer night-bloomer is a dark and lush poetry collection divided into seven chapters: new moon, crescent, waxing gibbous, full moon, wolf moon, waning, and full cycle. each poem bursting with vivid language and raw and honest emotions, Mecca-Amirah's latest installment explores topics like relationships, betrayal, depression, and self-love.check out more of her work at: http://meccaamirahjackson.com [...]
This isn’t love (love does not take from you)
This isn’t love (love does not take from you)- 9/15/2020 you say this is love, tears mingling with your pleas. skin pale, teeth rotting from decay; how can you call this love when it drains you? robs you of joy and leaves you with nothing but scraps to keep warm? you deserve a feast [...]
she was nothing like me.
she was nothing like me. // pages 34-35 she was nothing like me. she was nothing like me–everything that wasn’t me.i’m not sure if i’m sobbing or screaming. |thinner than me. smaller. softer. paler. | she brought out the worst in me. a side of me i rarely see.rarely let breathe. and now, she’s all [...]