[Thespiritexpress] Poem read on Tuesday

[Susan]

Whew…thanks Riantee … just doing our work as best we can figure…
Gratitude & love,
Susan
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> On Feb 23, 2024, at 9:35 AM, Devreaux via Thespiritexpress <thespiritexpress at lists.mcn.org> wrote:
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> Thank you for posting this dear friend, I love it
> Much love,
> Devreaux
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>> On 2024-02-23 8:16 am, Riantee Rand via Thespiritexpress wrote:
>> The Fabric of the World
>> 
>> Like a cat
>> 
>> 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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