Alicia Elkort

Transparencies

 
Then it was a dream
a different angle

a wilding song
at the hour of twilight

a time for magic
for reckoning

the way a skin
slides down an apple

the way my gods
follow a word

I am at a crossroads—
to choose my anatomy

or let my alphabet
repeat the same words

here in the dark
of starlight

I want to be chosen
to know I belong

to let the stones
engrave me

with their love
of harmonies

a holy communion
of centuries 

we are alone
and together

the me and the other me
the lightness

of transparency—
the trees hold snow

the way I hold love
a decoration of moons.   

Alicia Elkort's first book of poetry, A Map of Every Undoing, was published in 2022 by Stillhouse Press with George Mason University. Alicia's poetry has been nominated several times for the Pushcart, Best of the Net, and the Orison Anthology, and her work appears in numerous journals and anthologies. She reads for Tinderbox Poetry Journal and works as a Life Coach helping people find more joy and peace. Alicia lives in Santa Fe, NM where praise and clouds are part of her everyday experience. For more info or to watch her two video poems: http://aliciaelkort.mystrikingly.com/