Snow Globe by Barbara Alfaro

Angel in a glass sphere, all

who touch you hold your destiny.

A movement of a single hand

and fake snow covers you.

On your pedestal of hidden music

you cannot see a kiss, stars,

the tree cut from the forest

Christmas Eve.

Imagine the crystal breaking,

liquid spilling, wings dissolving

as you become large and human.

Still

            alone

                        you breathe     

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Barbara Alfaro is the recipient of a Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Award in Playwriting. Her memoir Mirror Talk won the IndieReader Discovery Award for Best Memoir. Barbara’s poems have appeared in Poet Lore, Voices de la Luna, The Blue Mountain Review, and Variant Literature. http://www.BarbaraAlfaro.net