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When Worlds Collapse

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Falling into places, into

mazes of loud but hidden

hopes, where none but the

stars can interpret.

 

Falling without instrument,

turning a common colour.

 

Falling into wounds

that cannot grow wings or

struggle toward the sun.

 

Falling, finding

these places, no places to name with

the tongue.

 

Falling, praising

every prison I pass, every touch

of newness in the flame of falling.

 

   in the oblivion of falling.

   in the birth of falling,

 

falling, for once, upright,

absent of fear.

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Copyright © 1997 by Allison Grayhurst

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First published in “Novelmasters” July 2015

http://www.novelmasters.org/allison-grayhurst-when-worlds-collapse-and-other-poems/

http://www.novelmasters.org/category/poetry/

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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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