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One Grain

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Bring me home

like the armadillo to its feast,

like the painter to her beholder

and the captain to his sea.

Love me long in this fearful underground

where the world I see is inside out

and the laws of the land have no place

for individualism or mercy.

Touch me on the shoulder,

let me know it is your answer,

and the sun will not be denied

nor will the seed die from bad weather.

Open my sight beyond this kaleidoscope

of contradiction, into the frame work of

one-light, one-way, one beautiful beginning.

Bless me, feed me, know me.

I will be what I can be,

higher than my mind can carry,

higher still with you by my side.

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Copyright © 2004 by Allison Grayhurst

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First published in “The Greensilk Journal”

http://www.thegsj.com/poetry_2_fall_2011.html

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“Allison Grayhurst intertwines a potent spirituality throughout her work so that each poem is not simply a statement or observation, but a revelation that demands the reader’s personal involvement. Grayhurst’s poetic genius is profound and evident. Her voice is uniquely authentic, undeniable in its dignified vulnerability as it is in its significance,” Kyp Harness, singer/songwriter, author.

“Allison Grayhurst’s poems are like cathedrals witnessing and articulating in unflinching graphic detail the gritty angst and grief of life, while taking it to rare clarity, calm and comfort. Grayhurst’s work is haunting, majestic and cleansing, often leaving one breathless in the wake of its intelligence, hope, faith and love amidst the muck of life. Many of Allison Grayhurst’s poems are simply masterpieces. Grayhurst’s poetry is a lighthouse of intelligent honour… indeed, intelligence rips through her work like white water,” Taylor Jane Green, Registered Spiritual Psychotherapist and author.

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