Adelina by Aleah Graff
"...'Adelina'... is meant to be interpreted through a queer lens"
Stone was the wall I waited by
In the heat well known to Summer
As walking toward me,
It was you who was seen by my eye.
Church you had come from
Worship you had sung out
Harmonious was the melody produced by you,
Your sweet voice over the divider, I heard.
Stone was the wall
Behind me, where meet we would,
Stone was the divider
Would predict the outsider’s eye.
But knocked down
Stone can be
While expectation and tradition
Much more invincible can be.
Stolen are the glances
Shared by us,
Secret are the sessions
In which we meet.
Bright blue are your eyes
As into my arms
You run,
Soft is the skin that meets mine.
Pure is the love we possess
Gold like stars it paints us
Soaring we are, like the winged creatures
Full of the dazzling dreamers is our sky.
Stone is the wall that divides us
The tiniest crack I do see
But as the wings of us sprout from our sides
Realize we must, that away we can never fly.
How to cite this research:
Graff, Aleah. "Adelina." In Reading the Middle Ages, supvr. Teresa Russo, Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (MARS), Brock University, March 2021, Niagara (Adelina by Aleah Graff · Reading the Middle Ages: Oral and Literate Cultures · Brock University Library). Digital Scholarship Lab (DSL), Tim Ribaric and Daniel Brett.
In The Writer's Own Words Series:
Graff, Aleah. "Reflection on The Process of Creating ‘Adelina’ ." In Reading the Middle Ages, supvr. Teresa Russo, Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (MARS), Brock University, March 2021, Niagara (Adelina by Aleah Graff · Reading the Middle Ages: Oral and Literate Cultures · Brock University Library). Digital Scholarship Lab (DSL), Tim Ribaric and Daniel Brett.