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Just about to Jump

Jacqueline Sheridan

I’m reaching for things

To put in my mouth

An insatiable hunger

For a comfort

I can’t quite name

But am desperate to fill


The wide-eyed one

Stands vigilant within me

Fidgety

Distressed but somehow muted

I don’t hear her directly

Or see the tears fall


I just watch my hand

Deliver chocolate

By stealth mission

So I pause

Put the bullets away

And turn towards her


I feel you, dear one

Hiding from view

Though you may be

And I get it

You’ve just been asked

If you’ll give up


The little you feel you have left

It’s terrifying

There’s no good reason

You can see

But every good reason

If you believe


That being asked to give

Every last thing away,

Feeling poised on the edge

Of a void that wreaks

Of an oblivion

You won’t return from


Is soul-code for pending

Metamorphosis

Precisely what we asked for

It’s just much scarier

When no longer sitting safely

In the virtual realms of metaphor


Instinct fears dissolution

The wild unknown

But death is the

Fecund, dark secret

To any new life

We are being dreamed for


So take my hand

Cause I’ve got Love’s

And we’re just about to jump.


(Yes, you can bring the chocolate)




15th Oct


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marcelle216
marcelle216
Oct 25, 2022

Oh boy - right where I am, Jackie. Stanzas 6-8. Ex. Act. Ly.

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