I know I haven't posted in a while....but I have an excellent excuse! Life is moving - fast! Graduation is coming up and there are many papers to do. But I have a new poem that I want to share with you...whoever you may be! It started out as very specific to someone but it can be applicable to all types of people and situations. So take whatever you need to from it - that's what poetry is for! Enjoy :)

Tapestry

I walk this world

On the wild side

These frayed threads seem to end,

but as I pull

they unravel

and loop around my finger

like a promise ring

I never wanted.

Each end unwinds

And catches

And wounds;

Leaving traces of

Loss.

Pulling like my life depends…

But I think I’m fading.

Each glance in the mirror reveals

Less of me

Draping skin

Shows the bones

Of a past

Should be buried in the ground

A stone that here lies

Injured cells.

Take this needle and prick my hide

Wincing fingers

To save my life

Wind these threads

Weave me an image

Of newness

A face I will learn to recognize

And be proud

A tapestry

Revealed to the world