Jamie Asaye FitzGerald
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My Return
My return will occur like clouds that thicken and grow heavy,
then burst into rain.
How the air will take shape between the drops of my body falling—
sentences of a love letter written at last.
A tree enters the eye because the bird
hops from branch to branch, connecting the dots.
I will be again with the world I love,
where the palm lifts its hand in the wind
and brings it down like a blessing.
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Jamie Asaye FitzGerald's poetry has appeared in journals including the American Poetry Review, Mom Egg Review, Works & Days, Literary Mama and Cultural Weekly, as well as the anthologies Coiled Serpent: Poets Arising from the Cultural Shifts & Quakes of Los Angeles (Tia Chucha Press, 2016) and Wide Awake: Poets of Los Angeles & Beyond (Beyond Baroque/Pacific Coast Poetry Series, 2015). Her essay exploring food and mixed race identity was included in Discover Nikkei's Itadakimasu issue. She holds an MFA in poetry from San Diego State University. Originally from Hawaii, she makes her home in Los Angeles.