live-reading: where it went wrong
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://meccaamirahjackson.com/2020/09/07/where-it-went-wrong-2/ Read my poetry here: https://linktr.ee/mecca_amirah
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Self-Reflecting Part 1
Weightless – The Complete Collection
Jackson began her path to redemption with Weightless as she sought answers to reshape her destiny. Her efforts led her to Ascend, where the cathartic experience brought growing pains and challenges. The journey was filled with self-discovery and reconciliation but she did not falter–she flourished. Follow along with Mecca-Amirah’s experiences with Weightless: The Complete Collection. […]
Read Morei may wander
i may wander to the fields, i may wander to his house, i may forget to bring my keys, I may let him break my heart. i’ve been told to be cautious. i’ve been led astray for too long but my pride keeps me at bay. my progress is steady but it’s those moments when […]
Read Morei’m too trusting
family has a way of bringing out a side of you, one so entrenched, hooked deep inside, tearing flesh until there is nothing to hide. a gaping wound, hanging off the sides, oozing frothy mistakes and diseases like gang green. i’m falling asleep, head tilting off to the side, air pushing my hair back until […]
Read MoreTragedy 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 […]
Read Moreshe 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 […]
Read Morewhere it went wrong
“where it went wrong” – Ascend– page 27-29 where it went wrong i it has become an obsession of mine: going back in time, decipheringthe wreckage, the carnage,to find where it went wrong. ii there must be a clear path…a reason…something so simple that i could go back in timeso you can love me. forgive […]
Read Moreresentment(giving too much of myself away)
resentment(giving too much of myself away) sept 4/2020 why is it that i grow resentful at the sound of the clock? i damn the hands of time but can’t catch my breath when my fate rewinds. i face my adversaries with indifference; i am bold and confused. i’m loud and insecure and damn, why is […]
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