Son of no one

Son of no one

There never was a moment for you

when freedom could have

ripped your destiny in two – where choice not chance

could have uncornered your existence.

Because you took every risk – collapsing in the shadows,

coveting the Egyptian Buddha.

Your breath is like a child’s, breaking on a slab of rock

held close to your face. I would fan the sun for you

if it would make a difference, if your shoes would stay tied

and your rage would stay at bay. I would

pluck the curse from your veins, if there was something to

pluck, if it wasn’t acceptance and only acceptance that

would change the curse, not remove it, but alter its outcome.

I love your eyes, beneath your dark

ridge brows. I hear you singing in

the middle of the night. I can

taste the salt on your lips. You want to be cold, but you

can’t be. You were made this way, to enter the world at

your own pace. You are elemental, wider than your history.

You are not alone. And that

is something.

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Published in “Poetry at Sangam” March 2018

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First published in “Sacred Chickens” August 2017

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Published in “VerseWrights” December 2017

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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.

Reviews of ‘The Many Lights of Eden’:

“’The Many Lights of Eden’ is a journey: a journey of the heart through youth, anguish, struggle, spiritual awakening, grief, death, love, loss, guilt, struggle, despair, hope, surrender, God, sensuality, imperfection, motherhood, aging, the vanquishing of the devil, indeed, many devils, the inevitable fall from perfection and the casting off of old wineskins for a new one. Perhaps speaking of this book as a chronicle of spiritual maturing would be more accurate, the realization that there is spirituality within imperfection and that handmade temples cannot hope to compete with the spiritual temples within each of us. ‘The Many Lights of Eden’ is a diamond. It is a beautiful collection of insights. Allison Grayhurst’s thoughts and writings are a deep well. Drink from it, for the water is clear and crisp. This collection is a MUST-READ,” Eric M. Vogt, author of Letters to Lara and Paths and Pools to Ponder.

“I have been slow at responding to reviews for Allison Grayhurst due to summer’s busy days, however she brings life to each poem, heart to the images and everyone should have a collection of Grayhurst Poetry,” Ann Johnson-Murphree, poet.