Beautiful Jakob Lays in His Beautiful Bed

Beautiful Jakob
            lays in
his beautiful
            bed. Above
the bed
            beautiful birds.
Jakob won’t
            sleep won’t sleep.
Thinks
            Jesus lord Jesus
those whole
            years I
had all
            the pills
I wanted.
            Thinks
     Jesus lord Jesus
            the trees
in me
            are dying
or worse
            they’re growing.

Jackson Holbert was born and raised in eastern Washington and currently lives in Austin, Texas, where he is a Michener Fellow. His work has appeared in FIELD, The Nation, and Best New Poets