relationships – Page 7 – Mecca-Amirah Jackson

conversation and connection

July 6, 2017by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

<conversation and connections> We don't say much when we are together; the world could collapse around us, the stars could fall like raindrops, and the moon could pierce the sun and even then,  silence,  golden silence, has become a silver lining in my noisy heart. Who could have known that the less said, says the most?  Who [...]

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

Reflective iii (neglect)

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<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, Thoughtful, thoughts

Reflective ii (trauma)

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

<Reflective ii> (trauma) Memories so bleak, I seem to have forgotten– {heaven-sent or trauma}–I have seem to forgotten the moment you shattered me beyond repair. You ripped me apart; took a yellow hand and punched into my chest. What hurts more– the impact or the accusations? How grotesque my heart appeared outside of my [...]

thoughts

Reflective i (shattered)

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<Reflective i> (shattered) My eyes red with tears yet to be spent, Yours eyes were solid like mahogany yet hollow with rot. you saw the pain that Ran deep within them yet you turned your cheek. Blood wept from the sores you left inside of me. You promised me forever; forever was a beaten road [...]