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Easter Faith

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It is not emptiness,

but redemption. A redemption

after the emptiness

that comes with the hope of a blessing,

after there is no further down,

there is only up or death.

It is not suffering that bears such wisdom,

but the surrender and acceptance of God’s love

no matter what – it is the purity of that acceptance,

the absoluteness of it

that matters, that causes the miracle –

 

playing out like a walk across the sun

without going blind or getting burned.

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Copyright © 2006 by Allison Grayhurst

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Published in “New Mystics” August 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.

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