In My Marrow

I tried hard at poetry by Jonathan E. Magen

Fall 2021

Under covers

So cold

Out there

On the plane

Waiting for takeoff

Where is home?

Under her skin

is fire

and flame.

Like lava

in her veins.

Drawn to her consuming light

I'm a moth

happily cruising

towards her brightness.

The damp chill

pilfers my breath and sits

in my marrow.

The originality

Of the originalist

Tires.

Where were you?

Marching for my death and

calling it justice.

Was there a

beginning for

love without end?