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OnlyOneGod
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In you I place
the hope of centuries,
a hope beginning before
the pounding of water on rock.
For you I sang the anthem
of my ancient race and
waited to hear a reply.
Before you, I stand
revealed, lonely, in need of change.
Against you, I lean
like a child who has never known parents
or any connection for so so long.
Because of you, I remember
the gifts in my hands, the core of my striving
and the reasons I have
to stay
with you
in you
where I place
my will and means
to be restored.
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Copyright © 2008 by Allison Grayhurst
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Published in “SUFI Journal, Issue #95 Sacred Spaces” June 2018 (Featured Poet)
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