A Brief History of Being Worn

"Shawl" - comes from the Persian word "šal," meaning a piece of fabric worn around the shoulders or head. A Brief History of Being Worn "Shawl" Materially I wished to capture daydreams Protect thoughts from inclemency The shawl between it all and it is That's the way it started I'm worn, worn out, begin again A thing of intricate beauty sometimes But the fibre of my being Is not to be seen and admired That kind of transparency lingers The better beginning is to be passed on Show my age as folds are made Pins placed to secrete away frayed edges But there is no better existence The mind beneath that sees beyond I absorb the worst Take away the too much But gaps occur and then the mind aches Needing to know becomes inaction Sitting, staring, pondering of nothing Nothing does contain the answers That's how they are hidden Then I slip to the shoulders Give warmth until it passes We'll always begin again Until we don't It's a complex world within and without The in-between full of lags and spirals Through the looking glass Of the smashed lake's surface A thousand images in the fragments Just a second to view if you step up Then it's residual, retinal memory Pieces on tips of tongues and fingers Hair on arms holds feverish amounts You think 'a, b, c, a, b, c' Like rocking a boat, trying to get it to tip Then when you do, you're on one breath I've said too much Dry me off on a branch in the sun, in the sun on a branch For the next journey Shawl: covering for the head and shoulders to provide warmth, protection from the elements and comfort.