Sisterhood

An engagement 
of five souls with the
tailor who sheared 
our spirits from
a common bolt.

His patchwork creations
of common genes
aligned our spirits
within a sisterhood 
of natural blood.

We are one
we are individual
We are sisters

We were all cut 
from the same cloth
and each sewn 
into perfection
It’s how we’re worn
that makes us
individual.

Each a tapestry showing 
years of personality
shaped by the wear of time
and reapired within these visits
to the shaman tailor who ignited
our sisterhood.

We each follow our own threads
onto different paths of life
but every thread leads us back 
to our beginnings

We are one
we are individual
we are sisters
we are the seamstresses 
that heal frayed threads
with tears and love, 
laughter and understanding.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2006

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