Time's Loom

i sit at the loom of time’s dense fields

and push the shuttle of decision through threads

blinked crimson and yellow

by the ephemeral guard of my identity

 

so very slowly

cloth forms

unexpectedly long

this time

 

like a patch

left undarned

threads fraying

in chaotic discord

 

i pick up the tiniest threads

and link them together

in a small

secure sliding

a reweaving

and I notice

that edges have smoothed

their sheen visible

 

it has been four years since

my youngest left for college

people tell me she is now launched

that i have achieved something

 

i had expected months maybe

a whittling of time

suffused

with intensity

a brittleness

 

last night i awoke

from a dream

the red and yellow complement and surround

each holding the other in space

in time

and i realized the cloth

is almost whole now

almost done

copyright/all rights reserved Audrey Howitt

Reviews

[Sami Khalil]

Threads fraying
in chaotic discord...
Nice write...
So many others...

[Audrey Howitt]

Thank you again! Much appreciated!

[Sami Khalil]

You are quite welcome...

[Muse]

What a beautiful milestone you just shared. I look at my two little girls...and I think....you couldn't be more correct. We work so hard to keep the children woven together in our our fine tapestry of wisdom. But eventually...they must be let go.....they will someday have to pick up a needle and thread of their own.

[Audrey Howitt]

It is so very true--thank you for your thoughtful comments---

[KATHY SUE SILLS]

This is so beautifully phrased with a journey of love and memories built!

[Audrey Howitt]

Thank you so much !

[Sarah]

Amazing work.

[Audrey Howitt]

Thank you Sarah!

[Sarah]

Its fine

[John Alexander McFadyen]

This is an electric opening stanza 'i sit at the loom of time’s dense fields

and push the shuttle of decision through threads

blinked crimson and yellow

by the ephemeral guard of my identity'

it had me totally mesmirised. A great and easy read! You have a thing about seeing feeling in colours and it feels so right.

[Audrey Howitt]

Thank you John!!!