Patchwork Pleasures

Patchwork
now adorns my wall -
a simple pleasure that exudes warmth,
like a family stitched together with love,
each unique,
but bound together
to make each other shine.

Simple elegance
is crisp and pure -
it calls me to live a free-flying life,
to be calm, loving and a super-kind wife
to a man who is easy-going too,
who likes my style and loves me, too.

Patchwork now adorns my life
a simpler time with God at the center,
come fall, spring, summer, and winter -
whether I have asthma or only a splinter,
my mind open and welcoming new things,
like butterflies and fairies and all who sing.

(Photo by Lisa (Allen) Kennard)