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On the bed

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You lie on the bed like a Rodin

sculpture, body so perfect as the

first day we met, when finding

you was like finding a new way to breathe,

was a miracle that took time getting used to.

We talk for hours to our child within me

and wait for the change to arrive.

I never grow tired of our kissing or

of the depths we reach looking into each

other’s eyes.

You have walked me through the dungeon,

held me close when my paint dried out.

We have stood as one as this new life grows

inside. Our voices now are solidified and merged

like the spring-Earth

in all her beautiful poetry.

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Copyright © 2000 by Allison Grayhurst

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.First published in “Grease Monkey Literary Forum” November 2015

http://greasemonkeylit.blogspot.ca/2015/11/on-bed-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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