It’s like: Ouroboros by Cathrina Jakeman (Colorado, 19)

She fed on me; I fed on her.

It
         was
                      a
                                    Queer
                                              feeling,

                      Falling.

I tasted the fruit,
and
i
choked.
Is this how Adam met Eve?

Yes, I ate the fruit,
but I didn’t give birth to divinity like the rest of you,
especially
                      ​You.

She fed on me; I fed on her.
we
Destroy
but...
Create.

And we are endlessly reborn.
And this is what God is like –
this is what is like to love something that kills you.





Cathrina Jakeman, 19, is a writer, poet, and student at the Metropolitan State University of Denver studying literature, film, and media. Cathrina can often be found on the mic at practice for her metal-core band, Snatch, or writing her demons away at 4:00 am with her cat, Henry.