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Resignation

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They came with a cry of judgment,

drugged by detachment and the effervescent

‘now’. They came to rule my dry heart

and seize my voice from its socket.

They told me the chapel

was corrupted with false desires.

I thought this to be reality, a statement

that touched the jugular. But when I touched them

it was as if all colours grew dull

and my pulse drummed slow

and amplified. As if the trinity of love, hope and faith

petrified into a powerless slumber, and the food

that was mine had lost its substance.

They came, carried by a yellow sea,

reptile-like and ravenous.

They promised me an anchor but offered only a

shell. And like the death of miracles,

they clung to me like a metal mesh shawl,

blinding my hope with their diction.

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Copyright © 2002 by Allison Grayhurst

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First published in “Eye On Life Magazine” April 2015

  

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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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