Born

Posted on March 13, 2014 by Allison Grayhurst

Born

Once fireflies

devoured my hair

and my rosebush awoke

to the parable of the diseased snail.

Then one afternoon, when sleep

was my steady horse, my curtains

were lifted by the waters of God, and I sang

in the light – my name altered forevermore.

I remember weeping the evil from my pores, then gaining

the peace no guilt could void.

I remember how I tore off the leather jacket that I wore

to protect me from true expression.

There was a church across the road I would watch

as its bricks grew gravely and old. I would

pray for baby birds and animals, learning

to be free with this new found love.

The seasons climbed, and from a beautiful joining,

a child was born.

From that child, an era of music and warm windows.

Once the hunger ceased and the inviting horror

dried up like a fallen leaf –

life became for me and my love like a paper airplane held

in the hands of that wondrous child.

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First published in “Boston Poetry Magazine”

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