Ask, and I Will Say

poem by Arya F. Jenkins

Who are you
Where are you from
She wants to know really
 
And so I tell her
I’m from everywhere and nowhere at once
Attracted to women and
Kind eyes
Wherever I may find them
Sleepless
Shot through with nights
Intoxicating although
I drink only light
 
Sleep with me, she says
I want to be rocked back
 
Where do you want to go?
Do we let go like kites
Screaming in the wind?
Or do we tumble lost
And carefree?
 
My one song to the moon is
When will you see me?
 
To my beloved I say
Save your words
Give me only your grace
Breath and touch
The anchor of your breast
So that I may sail us
Into the moontide.      ​

About the writer

Arya F. Jenkins’s poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction have appeared in numerous journals and zines. Arya prefers writing to tending to dogs, cats, marriages, and disasters in her personal life and has been publishing steadily since her last divorce. Her fiction was nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2017. Her poetry has also been nominated for the Pushcart. Her work has appeared in at least five anthologies. Her poetry chapbooks are: Jewel Fire (AllBook Books, 2011) and Silence Has A Name (Finishing Line Press, 2016). Her poetry chapbook, Autumn Rumors, is slated for publication by CW Books in September 2018. Her jazz-inspired short story collection,Blue Songs in an Open Key, has just been accepted for publication by Fomite Press. She is currently working on a novel.