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The Stone

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The stone drops,

settles in the sand like a beetle.

Lovers die

for lack of trying.

Children wait like they

always have

to be made a priority.

The sun is swollen and breaking

on the crust of the universe.

A fairytale in a box, barely opened,

but already stronger than reality.

A last chance stored-up for

old age.

People are falling,

glass doors are ajar.

Someone is listening but no one

even smiles.

That stone drops,

it is made up of hard,

unforgiving stuff.

It stays,

and the surface

is its meaning.

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Copyright © 2006 by Allison Grayhurst

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First published in “B-Gina Review”, 2012

http://bginareview.wordpress.com/2012/07/04/the-stone/

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You can listen to the poem by clicking below:

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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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