[Thespiritexpress] Poem read on Tuesday

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Thank you for posting this dear friend, I love it
Much love,
Devreaux



On 2024-02-23 8:16 am, Riantee Rand via Thespiritexpress wrote:
> The Fabric of the World
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> Like a cat
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> I sink my claws every morning
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> into the fabric of the world
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> to reel in the day.
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> A prey, soft, alive, fluttering,
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> skin tearing.
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> I feed on what is to come.
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> The edges unravel in the wind,
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> and I am left hanging
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> attempting to grab the solid weave
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> where the fabric hasn’t frayed. . .
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> always a little behind.
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> Each day I do regain
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> the ground I have lost,
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> each day
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> with a little less strength.
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> If I connected with the area
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> where the fabric is still strong
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> I might take part in the mending,
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> I would find a reason to be.
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> So I hold things together a little longer,
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> even as the pretty threads I cherish
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> come undone all around me.
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> Thus I weave the death
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> of what has been
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> and the birth
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> that is taking form.
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> Then I let go and breathe the weaving that is me.
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