Pasture
I can see my mind in victory
over the clinging contaminating thoughts
that used to spiral in a vigorous loop
through my days even when in joy,
even when hearing a tambourine tune
rise up, happy and fresh.
Now those thoughts struggle to stand,
abandoned in a desert vast
and widowed. Dehydrated unto death
they sometimes whisper, but barely have a hold
or exert a reasonable authority.
My shame has packed its belongings and left.
My self-pity has reduced its wound
to a pin-prick along with my bitterness.
Gratitude is the only dream worth feeding.
I will feed it and not be overwhelmed
or react to desperate hungry
rumblings, not react in desperation
to what is lacking on the canvas, on the alter,
or in my understanding and this growing surrender.
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Copyright © 2023 by Allison Grayhurst
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“The poems included in Allison Grayhurst’s poetry collection Running, lightwave riding reveal an impressive artistic perfection and creative energy. The poems are full of lyrical force and show freshness of style. No doubt, this is a significant work. The poems have great power of observation and originality of imagination,” Dr. Karunesh Kumar Agarwal publisher Cyberwit.net
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Published in “Otherwise Engaged Literature and Arts Journal” July 2023
Click to access 11.2-Otherwise-Engaged-Part-II-1.pdf
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Published in “Sahityapost” June 2023
https://sahityapost.com/english/poems/107248/
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First published in “Synchronized Chaos” May 2023
https://synchchaos.com/poetry-from-allison-grayhurst-14/
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