Quilt

I am quilted among stars,

a spirit of many colors

birth stitched from

first cry to my autumn

walk through graying years.

I am my mother’s cotton print,

my father’s grease stained denim,

the torn corduroy of play grounds.

I wear rebellion, compassion,

spontaneity, art, on a body

swimming against the

falling leaves of calendar pages.

I am a quilt I will never finish,

a thinning thread spool stitching

moments on days until death

takes its needle and stitches me into dust.

©Susie Clevenger 2017

 Real Toads ~ Artistic Interpretations With Margaret