her life

her life she tried to embroider her life on exquisite linen, edged with hand-tatted lace. elaborate designs, colored with simplicity. fundamental stitches, too arduous to master, floss has snarled, hoops mislaid; seems eternity has passed. thimble tarnished, needle dull. in this eleventh-hour, none but the scissors yet to confront. ©tlp 2010