Kelsey Jordan – I Find a Blond Hair in His Laundry

Kelsey Jordan

 

I Find a Blond Hair in His Laundry

 

I ignore the baby and yet,
cannot take my eyes off her

red and wrinkled fists
of a freshly burned phoenix.

I walk around her nursery,
a bird beating itself against the window.

I know if I hold her now
it will be too tightly.

And if I rock her,
I might not stop.

 

 

Kelsey Jordan is a poet, author, and writing mentor living on the Oregon Coast with her daughter. She has her MFA in Writing from Pacific University. If interested in writing mentorship, contact her through kelseyjordan.com. Her work can be found in Fireweed Magazine, Plant-Human Quarterly, and more.