Best Poems Written by Archie Chaffin

Down the Long Hall, Ode To "in the Long Hall" By Hayden Carruth

Believing his tapestry would never 
be fixed he tried to keep the small part 
under him together. As he held the last 
bit of tapestry together, he saw a light 
which was blinding at first but then turned 
to a soft glow in which he saw a man. 
A man with a scruffy beard and a nice suit 
standing in front of the window came over 
and held down the unraveled ends of 
his tapestry and so he was able to weave. 
Even though his tapestry was in shambles 
he kept on weaving with this man who 
amazingly kept all the unraveled ends 
of his tapestry down. He slowly but surely 
was fixing the tapestry and soon he didn’t 
need this mans help but asked the man to 
watch over him while he kept weaving. 
Later the man whispered something 
to him and then said he’d always 
be there. Then he walked away.
After the man left he always thought 
of him and decided to follow what 
the man had whispered in his ear. Because 
of what the man had whispered to him 
that was all he needed to live the rest of his life 
in peace, in faith, in order.

Copyright © Archie Chaffin | Year Posted 2009