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Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

0 posted 2016-06-05 08:33 AM

Your silk is resilient and strong
its true.
When the light
is just right
some say you
are beautiful
covered in dew.
You hide in corners and edges
of ledges
and old sheds.
Every nuance reverberates through
your sensitive threads
as you wait
for what fate
might happen to bring you.
But if you succumb
to an intruder or the weather
and break a silken tether,
you flutter
shudder on the whim of the wind.
But somehow, some way,
you’re back again the very next day.
And I can see
how what you do
reminds me of you.
I’ve been told
I’m strong.
And just so long
as my tether’s hold,
I would agree.
And If the light
is just right
I can see I’m pretty.
I know I hide on the edges
deferring to be bold.
Too often I find myself clinging
to the worn out and the old.
I’m too quick to react
as all things seem to distract
my skin
so thin.
I’ve never been one
to seek out and acquire.
I wait for the world
to come trip my wire.
More than once
I’ve had a tether slip
and lost my grip.
I’ve collapsed in upon myself
shriveled and adrift.
And yet I find
with time,
some way
I come back
whole again
another day.

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

1 posted 2016-06-05 09:14 AM

What an indepth write, Lori. Yes, for sure the spider and its web can project much wisdom if one only looks at them with the right attitude. You do understand how to put your words together, and when read, gives the reader so much satisfaction.

~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

2 posted 2016-06-05 09:21 AM

Thank you! I always surprise myself at the things that inspire me. ~L

JL
Member Ascendant

since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

3 posted 2016-06-05 11:35 AM

"Too often I find myself clinging
to the worn out and the old.
I’m too quick to react
as all things seem to distract
my skin
so thin."

Aren't we all that way? It takes a special person though to bounce back and start anew, and tuck the past away.

Loved this reflective write of yours, Lori.

JL

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,and with all your mind. Love your neighbor as yourself.
Maranatha!

latearrival
Member Ascendant

since 2003-03-21

Posts 5499
Florida

4 posted 2016-06-05 12:46 PM

A great write A spiders web is fascinating but your words gives it life. best , Jo

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

5 posted 2016-06-05 01:06 PM

JL,
Thanks for commenting on my self indulgence. People tell me I am strong but they don't know "my intruders" that send me shuddering.
Apparently it turned out to be poetry fodder.
~L

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

6 posted 2016-06-05 01:07 PM

Hi Jo, nice to hear from you. I'm so glad you enjoyed this piece! ~L

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

7 posted 2016-06-05 08:20 PM

You're best yet Lori. Wonderful insight.
Ida

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

8 posted 2016-06-06 06:21 AM

Thanks Ida!
Goes to show you are never to old to learn things about yourself... ~L

jwesley
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-04-30

Posts 7563
Spring, Texas

9 posted 2016-06-13 10:49 AM

Again, one of your best, my friend. Especially enjoyed these (so true and applicable) lines.

"I’ve had a tether slip
and lost my grip.
I’ve collapsed in upon myself
shriveled and adrift.
And yet I find
with time,
some way
I come back
whole again
another day."

j.

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

10 posted 2016-07-05 10:17 PM

very nice...james

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

11 posted 2016-07-06 07:38 AM

Thanks Jimmy!
Wish I was like the Spider and could pull it all together like magic the next day...I'm a little slower, but I get there eventually. ~L

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

12 posted 2016-07-06 07:39 AM

Thanks much James! ~L

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