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The Last One

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I know my name

like I know the way

I was brought towards

to be saved and made

imperfectly whole.

I know there never will be answers,

there is only faith.

I know that type of light is heavier

than grief, heavier than a pound of eternity

thrust upon the shoulders,

heavier still because it is light

because it is pure and utter mystery

that will never be explained –

unfastening the soul, coating it

with a thick and binding love.

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Copyright © 2002 by Allison Grayhurst

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First published in “Creek Side Writing Forum” November 2015

http://creeksidelit.blogspot.ca/2015/11/the-last-one-poem-by-allison-grayhurst.html

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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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