(detail) weaving: wence martinez
the
weaver
by
Barb Cranford
my
life the weft of it
the
heft of all I am
the
racing shuttle all I do
a
lifetime to and fro
hunting
in the warp of time
for
patterns that elude me
yearning
for order
striving
to weave
sense purpose
reason
into
the next few passes
the
drive the thrust
always
forward
precisely
countered
by
the desire to unwind unravel
to
do again but better
what
willy-nilly
I
have made
the
random figures
of
a lifetime’s ad hoc
trial
and error
triumph
and regret
~
previously published in Far From Here
