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Mecca-Amirah Jackson QUOTES

Mecca-Amirah Jackson QUOTES

1 " in his fractured eyes, she knew love was alive
and cynicism faded inevitably with time…
  "

― Mecca-Amirah Jackson , Daydreamer

2 " once upon a time,
there was no me without you.
gossip spun a thread of tenderness between us
and i could not help but gnaw at the center
until it snapped into two... "

― Mecca-Amirah Jackson , Daydreamer

3 " i collapsed like a skyscraper:
once upon a time, i lived in an enclave of
stars. i wore a coat of clouds,
and the sun kissed me before
the moon cradled me in its gaze.
but now... now i lie in a pile
of my own remains. "

― Mecca-Amirah Jackson , night-bloomer

4 " love should taste like
cotton candy−pink
and sickeningly sweet. sticky
on your teeth, a hunger
that grows with each bite,
it should make you feel
full yet also so light. but
when love tastes sour,
does that mean i did not
eat it right? "

― Mecca-Amirah Jackson , night-bloomer

5 " peace was never
at the forefront of my mind.
a war waged inside of me,
but i began to take
joy in the slaughter
and bloodshed.

—confession ii "

― Mecca-Amirah Jackson , inflorescence

6 " You saw a side of me not many get the honor of seeing—
drunk me, bold me, conquer the world and devour every opportunity me.
She was lovely, wasn’t she? "

― Mecca-Amirah Jackson , Weightless

7 " I’ve delved in the well of agony for so long, it’s all I know.
A constant companion for eons, it calls out to me by name.
So familiar, like a lover, I wish we were nothing more than passing strangers. "

― Mecca-Amirah Jackson , Weightless

8 " I am lost in the night sky,
my moans shattering in the dark.
The waves crash below us,
they mimic the pounding of my heart.
I am. I came. You watch. You fear. The power. I wield. I open. For you. "

― Mecca-Amirah Jackson , Weightless

9 " i can still taste you
on my lips–
rapture at the tip
of my tongue,
plagued by dreams of you,
i can only swallow–
reminiscing as i burn. "

― Mecca-Amirah Jackson , Daydreamer

10 " a cracked yolk split between her thighs.
she rushed to clean up her shame.
yellow stained her hands;
yellow stained her child,
who was born in a world designed to hate.

—the early nineties
  "

― Mecca-Amirah Jackson , inflorescence

11 " my mouth was shut
for so long that my teeth decayed.
you complained
that my lips were always
dry and chapped;
you kissed me anyway,
even when they cracked and bled.

—you kissed me anyway
  "

― Mecca-Amirah Jackson , inflorescence