Slowly the builder builds
but the miracle-maker is quick –
enormous change, dreamt-of-no-longer.
The end-result is a shock of grace
and the depths of God’s power displayed,
gifted for no deserving reason but love
and the faith that the receiver
has in that love, welcoming that love.
Mustard seed blooming in seconds,
why look under the blankets or walk
the steady path? Matter is a wave dipping,
flowing, curvatures actualized,
only incrementally understood.
Sticky fields surrounding,
demanding interaction
as the master-builder alters creation in a blink,
with compassion stronger than a stormy sea,
stronger than death or deformity,
strongest still in the peace
of utter surrender, after cellular breakdown,
after defeat, after defiance is broken,
this love floods like a wind, gathering velocity,
gathering together proportionally all things
perfect, flawed, absolutely divine.
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Copyright © by Allison Grayhurst 2025
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First published in “Winamop” December 2025
https://www.winamop.com/ag2500.htm
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Published in “Raven Cage Zine” December 2025
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KW0UWFfIqyNpYjP2KeJwmAfDqAIlS-ZD/view?usp=sharing
https://allisongrayhurst.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/RavenCageZine99.pdf
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