I Dreamt

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I Dreamt

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I dreamt that you guided me

across the barren roads,

up steep stairways

and into the rooms of a kind stranger.

I dreamt I killed the Buddha,

that I fell headfirst into a blue flame fire

and felt no features of hopeless defeat.

I dreamt you were covered by

half a shroud, waking with a picture

of God in your hands.

I dreamt we were thrown together, flailing

our limbs until we entwined before the grave,

before the growing old.

I dreamt we kissed. And praise and guilt

were devoured by our sensual labour.

We found a doorway near that natural ocean.

We were crushed then cured by the heavy tide.

I dreamt you loved me as you do just now –

there was no loneliness, no voice withheld

                          and no place of shame.

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Copyright © 2004 by Allison Grayhurst

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First published in “Junk in July Poetry Zine”, November 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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