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Frayed
Sometimes it's difficult
Believing disentangled fibers
retain their strength
can hold their weight
in purpose and wisdom
despite unraveling
Doubt frays possibility;
a second hand separating
braided hemp until lacked Faith
would bid us each stranded
Dream a wasted space
But, there are those of Us
who do not give up
despite what we know;
the Future isn't guaranteed
Still, we remain open
to what could be weaved
from remaining theory
...
I don't know if a bird
with a broken neck can fly
or if Water is older than Light
if diamonds crack
in hot goat's blood
or mountaintops
give off cold fire
There are many things
I'll never know alive. . .
and a few I've learnt
But, if an emptied heart
can swell again, and a man
grown numb by circumstance
can feel content in Hope
Then I Believe Love can knot
two middle-aged Romantics
despite how frayed their Trust
~
Italics from 'The Shipping News' by Annie Proulx
Believing disentangled fibers
retain their strength
can hold their weight
in purpose and wisdom
despite unraveling
Doubt frays possibility;
a second hand separating
braided hemp until lacked Faith
would bid us each stranded
Dream a wasted space
But, there are those of Us
who do not give up
despite what we know;
the Future isn't guaranteed
Still, we remain open
to what could be weaved
from remaining theory
...
I don't know if a bird
with a broken neck can fly
or if Water is older than Light
if diamonds crack
in hot goat's blood
or mountaintops
give off cold fire
There are many things
I'll never know alive. . .
and a few I've learnt
But, if an emptied heart
can swell again, and a man
grown numb by circumstance
can feel content in Hope
Then I Believe Love can knot
two middle-aged Romantics
despite how frayed their Trust
~
Italics from 'The Shipping News' by Annie Proulx
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