Alone

Posted on December 19, 2015 by Allison Grayhurst

Alone

It is your calling,

your call to mend what has been undone.

It is your age of darkness that must move

into a renaissance, your murder of reality,

claiming a fantasy for a home,

tangible at last as this grief has been.

You are stubborn, stronger than the grave, noticing

the track has ended, but continuing just the same.

I can’t be that strong, not now with the desert thieves

of anxiety circling nearer. I can’t listen to your valour

or even hold out my hand.

But time is blind to the baggage of yesteryears.

It is always seeing for the first time,

unblemished by dues, tolls

and sometimes prayers.

Our time is what it is – a tower made of mirrors

where the dead and not-so-dead

leave a lasting impression.

It is your open season, though, for now,

I have lost my trail to follow.

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First published in “Temporary Lunatic Literary Zine” November 2015

Temporary Lunatic Literary Zine Nov 2

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