FABRIC OF LIFE

Tweeds of vain and gallant shame

weave through pores of scalloped-edged pain

writhing in Twill muscles there

its weakness not to blame

Linen spoils of anger shred

tethered seams of uneven fray

torched to memory seared in pearls

hidden deep in engraved Moiré

Embroidered rim of unraveled trust

whitening into unforgiving Lace

bleeds out in careless bleach of touch

Textile ridges now erase

Poly-Knit confusion bent

suffering against our Taffeta pain

shimmer sadness fades to blinking

renews the Velour of hope again

Chiffon shyness speaks out loud

voices crumble not to Wool

words unspoken in measured hem

drown out the color from the lull

Nylon wonder fools the gender

lost desire peels like rust

Quilted dreams mesh to the wire

Satin remembers virgin lust

Muslin days gone by dispensed

disrobe their Drapes in seductive way

loose yourself in Denim chance

fear not the words of Toile you say

Careless Cotton spells your name

feel Sequined Brocade with every breath

live your life to fullest Thread

give in only to Velvet death.

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© Susan Joyner-Stumpf