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Monday, November 11, 2019

Lifetime of Memories

PAD Challenge day 10: For today’s prompt, take the phrase “(blank) of (blank),” replace the blanks with a word or phrase, make the new phrase the title of your poem, and then, write your poem.

Oh, the sacred stitches in what slips away with ease
weaving from mere moments a lifetime of memories




That which seems so staying in its present tense of trust
That which keeps us praying as it tries and teaches us
That which makes us humble where we are so prone to pride
That which startles us with ways as old as Father Time
That which rouses laughter up to rafters of blue sky
That for which we weep in utter grief and joy, oh my

That which cheers and vexes, velvet and Velcro infused
That which turns us old with ballet slippers and work boots
That which plants and gathers, grants the lyric to the tune
That which binds and scatters, wind unraveling the bloom


That which grips and itches as it slips through us with ease
Weaves with sacred stitches a lifetime of memories

© Janet Martin





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