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At Last, Returning

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In somersaults I passed

through a field of evergreens.

I saw with sunken eyes the light

of all who were worthy to praise, and in turn,

be a part of a living relationship.

I counted my cats and blocked myself from

every shadow. Days were beautiful.

Even poverty seemed like a mission to

accept and uphold. The evergreens dried yellow

and insects burrowed into their bark.

Then the light burned and faded to cold.

A long, tortuous shedding

of falsities and natural dreams. It is good

to be naked, to be finally at ease with the way

I always have been – reincarnated

into the old.

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Copyright © 2004 by Allison Grayhurst

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First published in “Boston Poetry Magazine”

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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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