thoughts – Page 5 – Mecca-Amirah Jackson

Retired from the Earth

September 15, 2022September 11, 2022by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

i retired from the earthand now, i look to the stars. sole audience to my strife,i weep with a clap of thunder and lightning strikes tocatch the first tear. i dance with the moon’s shadow until i am dizzy with starsand can no longer hear. fairy wine never touched my lips, but as time perspired,i [...]

Daydreamer

Shadow Play

September 3, 2022August 30, 2022by Mecca_Amirah2 Comments

gathered closelike two flickering flames,together we burn brighter amid thedarkly hollows. the shadows retreat.the whispers expire. the doubts resurface, but with steady hands we extinguishour worries. incandescence;let us marvel as we shed our clothes.layers and layers of insecuritieslet the shadow play; reveal where youmade your “flaws” your home.let me kiss every hurt and allow me [...]

Daydreamer

Every Time

August 28, 2022August 27, 2022by Mecca_Amirah1 Comment

elusive, you slip away from me just before the momentwhere we touch lips. it always begins the same:i, lost and love-hungry; you, world-wounded and starving. you never knew love that was whole and sincere, solid, tangible,too tremendous to be real.you clutch your chest every time... every time i say i love you.even my body, corporeal, [...]

Poetry

Submerged

August 20, 2022August 17, 2022by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

I want to write another poetry book! But that takes a lot of time and energy (and some $$$$$ for proofreading). I have been setting aside some poems for Submerged for a few years–what are your thoughts on the poem below? It's a little morbid at first but it's about being reborn, a new beginning. [...]

Poetry

I taste misery on your lips–

August 17, 2022August 8, 2022by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

I taste misery on your lips but I willingly reach up to swallow more of your despair. We are in this fight together, You and I will reach Nirvana together. Braving the storms of euphoria, I cry your name even when you shun me away. I cling to you even as we tear each other [...]