Jekyll

Jackie Donaldson

I am carved out,

hollow as the night.

My self divides,

splits between the eyes,

and crawls back inside.

I am Jekyll.

I am Hyde.

Did you see my pupils swell

black and wide

to let the light inside?

I am the truth teller.

I am the homewrecker.

I am not the one

that I was

on that night.

A b o u t

Jackie, young white woman with blue eyes and short curly brown hair staring straight into the camera with a stoic expression.

Jackie Donaldson is a graduate student of English at Eastern Illinois University. She writes essays, creative nonfiction, and poetry. Her work has been published in Loud Coffee Press. Connect with Jackie on Instagram and Twitter @Jacquiverse.