Somewhere Falling

Posted on July 18, 2013 by Allison Grayhurst

Somewhere Falling

Take the blueness of daybreak. Laugh,

unbothered by the lucent

shadows. Today I slept,

mawkishly normal, mild

behind the mirror. Already, I can feel

the horizon issue forth

its brazen beauty… entering the

dusk of a new tomorrow. Disguising myself

the same as yesterday, I resurrect

my war – caged in plastic garments.

You are right, we travel in circles,

swallowed by the movements that affirm

our preconceptions. Are these dreams?

My breath sails between air-tight

walls. I eat lemon-drops

by the moon, honoring my thirst

for solitude. Behind the wheel,

the years dance

elusive before me, giving shape to

my soul. Turning, trespassing

the boundaries of time

& sea, I wash my face in the wind &

dissolve into the skinless sky –

Transfigured.

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First published in “Skaz”, 1992, under the pseudonym on Jocelyn Kain (aka Allison Grayhurst)

Published in “A Joyful Noise” 1993

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