Threads of experience
Interconnected slivers
Glide and ripple
Along life’s rivers
Faith in my loving Creator
Hope profoundly deep
Dedication at thirteen
A promise I strive to keep
Peaks and valleys
Punctuated with golds
Triumphs and disappointments
Layered, as life unfolds
Family ties vary greatly
Some tenacious, some not so strong
With those with whom we marry
To those to whom we belong
Stepdads and moms
Brothers, sisters, nieces
Merging together gamely
But then torn to pieces
Human relations
Consistently ranging
Ruptured then mended
Invariably messy, ever changing
Dark emotion buried
Stiffly knotted, tied ever so tight
Deep blue in the warp string
Holding on with all its might
Bible study sessions
Foreign language lessons
Gorgeous shoe obsessions
Too many possessions
Lasagna making
Chicken baking
Classes taking
Ground breaking
Built our house
Hubby and me
Horizontal siding
Purple salvia, green tree
Stay up too late
Sleep less than ideal
Please don’t berate
How unraveled I feel
Body image is freckly pale
Thick, thin, then thicker still
Volume undulating like ocean waves
Tides rising against my will
Teaching, learning
Reaching, yearning
Sliver strands brush dishwater blond
Wrinkles, crinkles, not so fond
Mostly busy
Doing two things at once
Health is slipping
Not so much bounce
Some threads are sad and sickly
Others richly full
Some parts exciting
Others exceedingly dull
Colors vivid
Colors dark
Sometimes faded
Yet has that spark
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