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1slick_lady
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standing on a shadow's lace

0 posted 2001-08-31 03:06 PM



Torn Fabric

colors fade
in the sun
bleach causes
stitches to dissolve
and become undone
betrayal is
a thick rope
like thread
knotted tightly
to turn bright red
it is not
the tie that binds
tangles your heart  
hurts a mind
discomforting wrinkles
to readjust
letting you go
no reason to trust
choosing better
whom I call friend
torn fabric of my life
will mesh and mend



"...the rest is silence" (Hamlet)  Shakespeare

[This message has been edited by 1slick_lady (edited 08-31-2001).]

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Zinsser
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since 2001-02-27
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Calif.
1 posted 2001-08-31 03:51 PM


No combination of words
could say it better....
Well Done!

rwood
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since 2000-02-29
Posts 3793
Tennessee
2 posted 2001-09-01 08:49 AM


Wonderfully expressed. Good friends are great menders in the quilt of life. When your fingers give out they continue the stitch.

Sincerely,
Regina

serenity blaze
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since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738

3 posted 2001-09-01 08:54 AM


oh man....I like this much.
Rather reminded me of the biblical parable.
With the wisdom to match!  

Duncan
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since 2001-08-07
Posts 5455

4 posted 2001-09-02 01:10 AM


choosing better
whom I call friend
torn fabric of my life
will mesh and mend

Healing will occur, hopefully scarring will be minimal.  I like the style of your writing.

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