writing – Jeffrey A. Nelson

Reasons I Write

I write to discover what I’m feeling and thinking. I write to see where it goes. I write to organize my thoughts before I speak. I write to tell stories. I write because I have something to say. I write to come up with something to say. I write in the hope that someone willContinue reading “Reasons I Write”

Grab

You arrived in the world, Naked, cold, wailing.Grabbed my fingerand held tightas dear life began. You would grabto safely cross the street,to pull me over to see something you made,to navigate the toy or cereal aisle,and when you would drift to sleep. Then I would grabto shake your handafter the lights on the field orContinue reading “Grab”

Luna’s Villanelle

You came to us, curled tightly on the floor,A shaggy roll, shaking, small, and flatAs if movement would subject you to more Cruelty that you had known and absorbed into your core,Your soul’s worth diminished to only thatWhich you could birth, the profit they could score Thanks to your body and all that it couldContinue reading “Luna’s Villanelle”