Darning a Nation

♫ Do What You Can ♫ - Bon Jovi & Jennifer Nettles

 

Mending

by Hazel Hall

 

Here are old things:

Fraying edges,

Ravelling threads;

And here are scraps of new goods,

Needles and thread,

An expectant thimble,

A pair of silver-toothed scissors.

Thimble on a finger,

New thread through an eye;

Needle, do not linger,

Hurry as you ply.

If you ever would be through

Hurry, scurry, fly!

Here are patches,

Felled edges,

Darned threads,

Strengthening old utility,

Pending the coming of the new.

Yes, I have been mending …

But also,

I have been enacting

A little travesty on life.

 

🌎 ᴡɪꜱʜɪɴɢ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀʟʟ ʜᴀᴘᴘɪɴᴇꜱꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ʜᴀʀᴍᴏɴʏ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀꜱ ᴊᴏɴ'ꜱ ʟʏʀɪᴄꜱ ꜱᴀʏ ꜱᴏ ᴇʟᴏQᴜᴇɴᴛʟʏ: "ᴡʜᴇɴ ʏᴏᴜ ᴄᴀɴ'ᴛ ᴅᴏ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ᴅᴏ, ʏᴏᴜ ᴅᴏ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ᴄᴀɴ..." 🌎

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