thoughts – Page 28 – Mecca-Amirah Jackson

A Garden for the Meticulous

April 11, 2016January 12, 2017by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

A Garden for the Meticulous, the weirdos who like their things stacked one by one, numbered and labeled, cleaned, bleached, steamed, folded all in the right, proper places. I have waited centuries for the flowers to bloom in accordance to your desires. To fancy a beast, a garden, sedulously and scrupulously bred for your peace of [...]

Short Poem

Flamingo pink

April 11, 2016June 30, 2016by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

Flamingo pink, rosette ruffled feathers scattered over my white duvet, delicacies on decadence, burn pink patches in its wake, is it too late to say–

Thoughtful

2:52 am

April 4, 2016June 30, 2016by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

At this lonely hour, 2:52 and my mind continues to wander. My heart is torn in two As I listen to the radio, My heart aching at the strum Of a sad rhythm and blues. Pause–as he croons of heartbreak. Nod my head as she screams A Valkyrie's cry for revenge. Dark and troubled, The ether [...]

otherworldly, Poetry, Romantic, Thoughtful

Enchanted

March 26, 2016June 30, 2016by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

Enchanted by your presence, damneded by your testy resolve, I know no remedy to this happenstance but I can only await my lovers return, flesh whetted with mulberries and thistle eyes frosted with remembrance. At the fresh, warm breeze of Midsummer eve, we shared a kiss of mulled wine, and bit down on rowan bark. [...]

Poetry, Thoughtful

Boring Girls

March 26, 2016June 30, 2016by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

Boring girls, tell pretty lies. Manipulated-bated breath, I can only follow along, dragged behind their sashayed swaggers. Crystalline eyes follow me, fractured and broken, her eyes reflect a pond frozen-over, the temptation to take a step, driving me mad. A contorted "smile", that creaked and wrinkled to my untrained eyes, tinkling, nauseating "laughter" that made [...]