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Tied

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I will hold you one more time,

I will not be afraid of your passing.

We will bond on the eclipse of your life,

our eyes locked in gratitude and unspoken

understanding.

Thank you for sharing my home, for being

a part of my family. For so long, I missed you.

For so long, we have loved one another with

unsurpassed equality and depth. Your gentle intelligence

has carried me through many storms. Just

to be with you, sometimes, was all I needed. This one,

I will have to walk without you. I will have to say goodbye,

my sweet and perfect soul, goodbye my pet panther,

goodbye my many-lifetime friend.

We are lucky to have loved one another.

We will join again where there is no bleeding,

no dulling of the skin. Bless you, go easily into God’s arms,

go freely: You have loved. You have been loved.

You are eternal.

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Copyright © 2010 by Allison Grayhurst

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Published in “Stone Face Literary Zine” November 2015

http://stonefacelitpage.blogspot.ca/2015/11/tied-poem-by-allison-grayhurst.html

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Published in “The song is…” November 2015

http://thesongis.blogspot.ca/2015/11/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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