writing – Page 23 – Mecca-Amirah Jackson

i retired from the earth

June 2, 2018May 31, 2018by Mecca_Amirah3 Comments

i retired from the earth and now i look to the stars: sole audience to my strife, i weep with a clap of thunder, lightening strikes to catch the first tear, and i dance with the moon until I am dizzy because the truth is here.

Poems Based on Flowers, Poetry

buttercup

June 2, 2018May 31, 2018by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

things are not what they seem; tangled roots and spirally stems, boast a bouquet of blossoms so harmless, they are scary. tread carefully, whispers the leaves, watchful and aimless, each blade of grass trembles at my mane of yellow petals and sweet- tasting rain. i am everlasting, i am forgotten in place of cheaper names, [...]

Poems Based on Flowers, Poetry

chrysanthemum

June 1, 2018May 31, 2018by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

devour me whole, i do not wish to linger on your lips. rip me apart and swallow me until nothing of me remains. i want to join you, become an irrevocable part of you; let’s share the same skin, i will pump your blood, and cleanse your senses, let us become one, not two, [...]

Poetry

sights never heard

June 1, 2018May 31, 2018by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

a lack of pain, hope, joy in the midst of a rowdy crowd, smells i’ve never tasted, sights never heard, i am empty. empty not broken; broken can be repaired, sealed off with cement, but empty, empty is a state where you try in vain to fill this hole but you lose yourself in the [...]

inflorescence, night-bloomer

night-bloomer is released!

May 25, 2018May 27, 2018by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

The best thing I ever written! night-bloomer is the most important project I have worked on. it is me in my most truest form–stories, thoughts, it's my greatest fears and wants composed on a book ❤ Check it out, I would love the support 🙂 Link Below: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1717321941/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1527218764&sr=8-2&keywords=mecca-amirah+jackson