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We Ask For Light

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We ask for light

for the given truth tied to your name.

We ask to break this putrid smog

and allow a breeze to flow.

We ask for forgiveness from the things

we see and do and what we cannot see

but know are in us.

We ask for help when all the help we have been given

is not enough.

We ask for hope, to gain a tangible velocity away

from this stifling mire.

We ask for your tenderness, to peel the hardened layers,

unblock our view, our way through, to blow

this atrophied cocoon.

We ask, though we cannot offer more

than our asking, not more than our supplication.

We ask with all we held onto, dropped –

stranded, unclothed and absolutely knowing we are

welded to your mercy.

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Copyright © 2006 by Allison Grayhurst

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Published in “Profiles in Poetry Literary Zine” November 2015

http://profilesinpoetry.blogspot.ca/2015/11/we-ask-for-light-poem-by-allison.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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