thoughts – Page 18 – Mecca-Amirah Jackson

“how are you feeling?”

April 24, 2017April 24, 2017by Mecca_Amirah4 Comments

how are you feeling? “i feel like I’m drowning, like I’ve been fooling myself for these past few months. not even a quarter of the year and I’ve already broken down twice and cried countless nights. I’ve been pushing down these emotions so passionately yet they have been leaking out slowly and suddenly like a [...]

Poetry, thoughts

you are no longer needed

April 18, 2017April 18, 2017by Mecca_Amirah1 Comment

you are no longer needed, no longer required, an obsolete appliance that has begun to rust and decay. i hope you understand i do and will forever pay my respects to you; you were the reason i was able to learn how to become stronger even when i was so broken that even the strongest [...]

Poetry, Thoughtful, thoughts

let me put your mind at ease…

April 18, 2017by Mecca_Amirah6 Comments

if you cannot appreciate my magic, then leave. if you expect me to grovel for your love, your respect, your body, your sex, your smile, then i am not the woman for you. my light shines bright, blinds those who are unworthy of my gold daily, who are you to think you deserve more than your [...]

thoughts

tomorrow

April 13, 2017April 13, 2017by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

such mundane worries, bound by mediocrity and dipped in self-doubt, why do you allow yourself to get caught up in such trivial feelings? as the children of God, we are magnificent from the fateful day we wiggle through our mother’s womb. as we are wretched from the safe haven, from the only home we have [...]

Short Story/Prose

Social interactions:

April 6, 2017April 6, 2017by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

Social interactions: I am a loner of sorts. I hug the wall when the silent buzz of alcohol flushes out of me and I come to the realization that I am nothing. My epiphany is sudden; I collapse as if my strings were snipped and I sit down, deflated as I watch the parody play [...]