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Epitaph

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Those years of voyaging

too long beneath your axe-shelter

on foreign terrain . . .

 

Those years of you with

your spiritual arrogance, your perfect face and

careless conceit, all behind me

now like a madness hatched and slaughtered.

 

Though I try to stand straight on the path

of forgiveness, in memory, I rebleed

my muzzled cry. And anger as deep

as your self-confidence bridles my

heart again in that old ache, that sick

humiliation; your vindictive laughter, your

manipulative smile.

 

From you, the cut neck, the finger pointing.

From you, something

to recover from.

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Copyright © 1997 by Allison Grayhurst

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First published in “Winamop” September 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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