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Of Fears and Thankfulness

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Lines of dreams.

Inside the dream

I hold us close

though fear the passing

of our smiles.

Soon it will be like yesterday

never was, like all our

waiting and despair will be only

a mild memory left behind.

Soon you will be proud of your life

and know the taste of mercy in all

its natural splendour.

And I myself, with child, with you,

want us only to remain as close as

these nine years have brought us,

blending as a black cat with the darkness.

And though we both have lost irreplaceable loves,

both have felt the thunderbolt of death, on our knees,

beneath God’s greatness, there will be only sunshine

for a while, a coming out with sorrow in one hand

and beautiful faith in the other. I see the plan:

 

We will welcome in

the good change and move into the future

like two inseparable fireflies, each dependent

on the other’s flickering light.

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Copyright © 2000 by Allison Grayhurst

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Published in “Eskimo Pie” May 2017

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You can listen to the poem by clicking below:

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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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