Resolved
Forgetful, in exile,
in the fires of failure,
honouring suffering
like a story told in form,
a totem-working of visual permanence.
I bore my marriage
to the joyous wilderness in one hand,
and sacrilegious duty
in the other.
Today, I join these hands
to create stability, sanctuary,
creativity touching ground and discipline.
I burn the dead wood, releasing
my prisoner-identity and climb out of
the fishnet into deep fulfillment like
into a valley with a lake and untamed
foliage all around.
The pull and tug of two lives is gone,
tension internalized as useful energy,
as something to be incorporated, harnessed,
the generator of a mature dream – a dream
with no division, bound,
and happy to be bound.
Copyright © 2021 by Allison Grayhurst
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First published in “Atunis Galaxy Poetry and anthology” March 2021, August 2021
https://atunispoetry.com/2021/03/19/allison-grayhurst-canada/
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Published in “Synchronized Chaos” April 2021
http://synchchaos.com/synchronized-chaos-april-2021-escape-room/
http://synchchaos.com/poetry-from-allison-grayhurst-12/
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