Middle House Review
Jennifer Ruth Jackson "Couple Phantoms (Columns)"
Couple Phantoms (Columns)
You are the one I cling to... future memories
following me past dawn, a wakefulness I can't find like ghostly
windows, reflecting birds hopping as voyagers (jerky and intense)
silhouettes mocking you and me. We unravel, already frayed,
our sideways dance (unreasonable) ending in soft circles
Momentum will only wind down (old clockwork toys)
leading us along when we dare dream of our past lives
Bio:
Jennifer Ruth Jackson is an award-winning poet and fiction writer whose work has appeared in Red Earth Review, Banshee, and more. She runs a blog for disabled and/or neurodivergent writers called The Handy, Uncapped Pen from an apartment she shares with her husband. Follow her on Twitter @jenruthjackson