The Weaver

Today's are woven with yesterday's thread
Spun by hands restless on life's silent loom
This tapestry made carried to death's bed
Woven with all the knowledge you consume
Framed to be hung on your life's hardened wall,
of what has been for the weaver, reminds
Tomorrow's thread yet to be lived at all
While the new day's cloth finally unwinds
Weave in disappointment, victories sought,
with woven memories cut and knotted
To be a reminder of what's been taught
Records the reasons for time allotted

To weave this tapestry without design
Unravels majesty and leaves but twine


Frederic Parker
10/7/14
Copyright © | Year Posted 2014

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Mehta Avatar
November 8, 2014 at 7:02 AM
Lovely sonnet and congrats on the win, Frederic
Meier-Hans Avatar
November 7, 2014 at 8:53 AM
Congratulations on your well thought out poem.
Mcdaid Avatar
October 10, 2014 at 8:30 PM
powerful piece of writing dear friend
Dietrich Avatar
October 9, 2014 at 8:36 PM
oooh, that last couplet really spells out the message of your poem so well. I hope none of us end up with mere twine!! Very nice read. I once did a sonnet called the Weaver but mine was on the dream weaver!!
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October 8, 2014 at 4:04 PM
Wow! Love the way you use the "weave" as a metaphor for the many events that touch our lives, Frederic. Indeed, it's the weave we make ourselves that we carry to our "death beds." Truly, a brilliant poem! Love, carolyn
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