Ask, and I Will Say
poem by Arya F. Jenkins
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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
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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.
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