Once Upon A Someday
Original Poem by Elaine Weiner-Reed (Ekphrastic)

She peeks out from under

Cloak …
Her cloak -
It’s invisible.

Silent
Shrouded in obscurity

Female. Amorphous.

Head uncovered, she breathes

For the first time

She
Hears her own voice.
Quiet.
Uncertain…

Words try to form… fighting to escape.

Her throat….
Vibrations in her throat
Building

Decloaking
She struggles to form her words, to channel her feelings…

UNSUNG CHORDS.

She hears them perfectly formed, resonant…

A ripple runs through her.

She shakes off the stifling ensnaring shroud of invisibility

Marveling at her form…
hands and body…

Hands

body …

create

She creates …

Life. She creates life.

Life’s blood and essence

Life affirming. Life-giving.

Her mouth moves in time

to the still-silent words streaming through her veins as she stands,

walks forward…

Gaining her place, her space in time.

Watching other Females apparate around her

progressively shedding their shrouds of silence … of non-existence.

Silent Chorus wraps the earth

Their shrouds become ribbons of color, connecting them

The Female awakens,
rises,
sings.

The Awakening has begun

Voices raised in songs yet to be heard.

Illustrious harmony to be reckoned with.