Salvation

Posted on July 7, 2015 by Allison Grayhurst

Salvation

In summer,

sweat drips into the mouth like sunshine

and the dry clay cliffs

crumble, fracturing the fox’s foot.

The lake’s moaning waves repeat with swollen voices.

Children hang shapes on windows, understanding

the transcendence of imagination.

Long ago there was a shadow that turned into form.

Under some bones a prodigy was born – growing

grass in a stone, making bread from a smile.

She watched the circles and placed her body there,

inside the motion, though her mind traveled

without geometry. Just believe it, she said,

and all the world became a lovely dream.

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First published in “Sonder Magazine” June 2015

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Published in “New Critique” May 2020

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