The Old Threads Are Unraveling - Julia Myers

[Lawrence Robinson]

The Old Threads Are Unraveling

The old threads are unraveling,
Get our needles ready.
We are stitching a new quilt
of humanity.

Bring your old t-shirts,
worn out jeans, scarves,
antique gowns, aprons
old pockets of plenty
who have held Earth’s treasures,
stories, feathers, leaves
love notes on paper.

Each stitch
A mindful meditation.
Each piece of material
A  story.

The more colour the better.
So call in the Tribes,
threads of browns, whites
reds, oranges
Women from all nations
start stitching.

Let’s recycle the hate, the abuse,
the fear, the judgment.
Turn it over, wash it clean,
ring it out to dry.
It’s a revolution
of recycled wears.

Threads of greens, blues, purples
Colourful threads of peace, kindness,
respect, compassion are being stitched
from one continent to the next
over forests, oceans, mountains.

The work is hard
Your fingers may bleed.
But each cloth stitched together
Brings together a community.
A world, our future world
Under one colourful quilt.
the new quilt of humanity.

    - Julia Myers
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