Embroidery

She wove words upon us

Webs spun between trees

Let me tell you

Your father was so

Just wait, you’ll see

Constant talk

Constant stories

To teach

Inform

Warn

Control

At the end

She troubled threads

Bits of broken nets

Tell me something

Where are the kids

Who was that

Then memory let go of time

Her uncle’s state hospital

Became her hospice

Her age fell into flux

Her voice unraveled

Be sweet

I love you

Come back

(September 2011)