Acceptance
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I first felt
the longing with little comfort,
as a shape with sharp edges.
I dared myself into a corner
and lost even the impulse for serenity.
In the grey afternoon, coming home,
I saw an inscription in the space
between clouds and knew
I had outgrown looking for signs –
The wind is a river and a house (any house)
is a dead log left in the elements, harbouring life
in its dead crusty dampness.
I had come full circle just by surviving,
back to the longing that existed before –
this time, void of grandiose significance,
existing now like an urge, strong as fire, natural
as deformity.
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Copyright © 2008 by Allison Grayhurst
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First published in “Oddball Magazine!”