A Gathering of Birds
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Bringing back birds,
bare sparrow hearts
tumbling through
spectrums of sensuality
unexplored,
braiding
the straw-strings of hesitation into
a tight rope capable of sustaining
any tension, true
to channeling more
determined incarnations.
Whispers pouring
across pale illusionary divides, dedicated
to slowing the pace, to branding
souls with tender revealing and
deep combustion,
reminding the mind of rare waters –
long stretches of unconscious completion
where heaven
becomes a state of faith
that believes
all joys are possible,
is the gratitude for good things imagined, trust
in what rises, eventually
dissipates or flowers.
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Copyright © 2014 by Allison Grayhurst
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First published in “Indiana Voice Journal, Issue 10” May 2015
http://www.indianavoicejournal.com/p/blog-page_1367.html
http://www.indianavoicejournal.com/2015/05/indiana-voice-journal-may-2015-issue-10.html
http://www.indianavoicejournal.com/2015/05/allison-grayhurst-three-poems-crystal.html
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