Daily Poem: Pandora’s Box ~ Eva Mae Hamilton
Pandora’s Box
~ Eva Mae Hamilton
You were born
and
the box opened
and
they would not go back in
and
it was not just one thing
but
everything—
a seam rip-
per rending
right up the
middle, a lit-
tle tear down
the side,
another
spot worn to
translucence,
the fabric woven so
carefully
over a life-
time tattered,
you think you
can never
repair it
you think ev-
eryone
will see the
patches are
ugly the
darning a
weakness that
it will be
forever
unrecog-
nizable.
Weave that dark thread
through the warp, find
in the shadows
the glitter of
scissors needle thread thimble,
double stitch that
hole with golden
thread, add some lace
across that seam
there cross stitch this
patch with rainbow
joy and plaid patched love
until you have
a crazy quilt
a grand tapestry
tight with the story of you
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