Fragile

By Erin Jamieson

I wander slushy streets

without you

I catch snowflakes

before they melt

momentary beauty

that my skin

destroys

what I wouldn’t do

to capture their fragile

elegance

Erin Jamieson’s writing has been published in over eighty literary magazines, and her fiction has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Her debut novel, Sky of Ashes Land of Dreams, was published by Type Eighteen Books (Nov 2023). Twitter: erin_simmer