how to sew

my Mother taught me how to sow

there's nothing wrong with me

i can sew a button on a shirt

patch a knee

and hem a skirt

i can change things in my life

take them up

shorten them

or lengthen them

add a button

strengthen a connection

or open a zipper

and let something that is not working

slide away

i can let deception

roll off the table

on to the floor

and watch it disappear

down the alley

there's nothing wrong with me

i can speak

i can communicate

i can sit in stillness and ask

the Holy Spirit/my Own Wisdom

for the Truth

i am the bridge

from one corner of my mind

to the other

i can bring the two sides together

holding each other's hand

and see

that the little child's unknowing

is filled with the Father's wisdom

there is nothing wrong with me

though i may sometimes

lay on the ground

and see only a worm's eye view

the memory of my wings

remains

always

to unfold

at my request...