Fruit of the Loom

A flicker, a twinkle

A sparkle of sun

Thus life’s tapestry

Is subtly spun

Smoothly, the sun

Glides across the sky

Weaving from moments

Love’s hello and good-by

Shimmers of laughter

Of longing and loss

Entwine in the pattern

Of life’s intangible cloth

Softly it dangles

This ephemeral thread

Twixt memories woven

And what lies ahead

The Fingers it slips through

From Love’s endless skein

Untwists our tangles

And hands us more string

© Janet Martin