Always There

Posted on May 13, 2016 by Allison Grayhurst

Always There

The door’s ajar

and my body can go there,

through the small space of light.

To make a landing for me

in the tumultuous rantings

of existence – held out

a moment, reminding me of how

to be alive with you there,

feeding my weakened gut, breathing

my breath, speaking of a love greater than

any love, and in doing so, forgiving me my

distractions and daily rituals of despair,

forgiving me for forgetting the magnitude

of your cloak that warms both in and out.

The gift again at my doorstep. The times

I do not look for you, then you find me.

I am not afraid. I am just a citizen – yours, even when

undirected, cynical and spent.

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First published in “The Seventh Quarry, Issue 24″ Summer 2016

http://www.poetrymagazines.org.uk/magazine/index.asp?id=88

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