we gave a cry and all rejoiced for this our birth complete
we are our first steps greeted with open arms our first word that brought an admiring smile.
trace the years and their memories await anew
a montage, a kaleidoscope, of one's life view
sounds, impressions, of place time and moments sweet
where our dreams and our days come to meet
praise, punishment, joy and pain come to define
a life known as rightly yours, a life lived as mine
and what brings reason to pause this very day
but the wondrous Creation given by Life along its way
a breath, be it Life's endearing embrace
upon a time line of memories now to place
decades of moons have brought mystery and delight
magical be this waxing and waning of Creation's light
and so this heart, this soul, in time's grasp and claim
be held in the spirit and glory of our Creator's name
be it of yesterdays or days yet, our dreams enfold
each new gaze, a breath, a sigh, be this our story told
with threads of time Life's cloak we to weave
BE the warp and weft of DIVINITY and TRUTH conceived.
Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York
*Note: Warp and Weft are the two basic components used in weaving to turn thread or yarn into fabric. The lengthwise or longitudinal, warp yarns are held stationary in tension on a frame or loom, while the transverse, weft yarn is drawn through, thread by thread, over and under the warp.
And so it is, the vertical, the warp, be that which is of DIVINITY... as Above, so Below, for the GOOD of the ONE. The in/out within the horizontal, the weft, be that which is of TIME and SPACE, for the JOURNEY of the SELF.
IMAGE: Threads of Time, Google Search,
Yevhenii Orlov/Getty Images, February 25, 2023.
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