Best 5 quotes of Mecca-amirah Jackson on MyQuotes

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

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.

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.

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

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