Who is this listening To the aurora Without source like The iridescent aubade Of robin songs dripping From pine silhouettes Reaching the opal Ascent of sky Who is this listening Is the first and last sense Of one’s abode in this world Has no ground like thoughts That drift through the mind The opal essence Where neither speech Nor voice are heard Yet they plumb the earth Their words the world Who is this listening In the beauty of intimacy Has all opalesced like dew Abides the womb of morning
Elder Gideon is the author of Aegis of Waves (Atmosphere Press, 2021) and co-author with Tau Malachi of Gnosis of Guadalupe (EPS Press, 2017). His poems have appeared in dozens of journals.
Amethyst Review 