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Golden Eagle

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Awakened from my dying

on the barren hill.

I speak my mind, and I am pulled off course,

rejected in my honesty,

as though I had no right to drum my dream,

as though silence and the undercurrent of resentment,

confusion and blame was so much better,

as if clarity was a betrayal – too much to ask,

too much to give.

But that is the name on that package

and it belongs back on the shelf.

That day of lower energy is over.

That was the rainbow from the wrong event

that soured when ingested, that left a pile of soot

on my doorstep. I am ready to release

what must be released,

ready to be unattached and unafraid.

The zenith of my sky is open

and I feel something soft and perfect growing

in my pocket.

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Copyright © 2010 by Allison Grayhurst

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First published in “Prachya Review” December 2015

http://www.prachyareview.com/poem-by-allison-grayhurst/

http://www.prachyareview.com/tag/allison-grayhurst/

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Published in “Duane’s PoeTree” January 2016

http://duanespoetree.blogspot.ca/2016/01/v-behaviorurldefaultvmlo.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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