FRIENDSHIP QUILT
PIECES OF CLOTH, REMNANTS WILL DO
TO STITCH TOGETHER, EACH ONE ANEW
A PATCH WITH THE NAME OF EACH FRIEND
THAT WILL BE IN YOUR HEART UNTIL THE END.
A LABOR OF LOVE, STRAIGHT FROM YOUR HEART
WITH FEELINGS OF GRATITUDE SEWN IN EACH PART
AND AS EACH STITCH IS PLACED IN WITH THREAD
REMEMBER ALL THE KINDS WORDS THAT HAVE BEEN SAID.
COMFORT IN TIME OF TROUBLE THEY GIVE
AND THE TRUST YOU WILL HAVE, AS LONG AS YOU LIVE
SHARING SECRETS OF LIFE WITH EACH OTHER
AND THE PROMISE NOT TO SHARE WITH ANOTHER.
COLORFUL PATCHES YOU FIND IN THE PILE
REMINDS YOU OF THE TIMES THEY MADE YOU SMILE
SHADES OF GREY, BLACK AND BROWN
THE TIMES THAT SADNESS WAS SO PROFOUND.
BRIGHT YELLOW AND ORANGE, A SUN SHINY DAY
FULL OF LAUGHTER, GOOD WISHES YOUR WAY
PINK AND RED, THE EMBARRASSING MOMENTS
THEN THERE IS WHITE, WHEN YOU RECEIVED ATONEMENT.
ALL THE COLORS OF THE RAINBOW ARE THERE
AND ALL THE PATTERNS OF LIFE THAT YOU SHARE
FRIENDS ARE LIKE "LAY'S", YOU CAN'T HAVE JUST ONE
THERE ARE ENOUGH TO GO AROUND THE SUN! !
SOME ARE CASUAL AND FRIENDLY TO MEET
SOME ARE JUST THERE, WHATEVER THE NEED
SOME STAY IN TOUCH, EACH AND EVERY DAY
AND THEN THERE ARE THOSE THAT DRIFT AWAY.
THIS QUILT IS GETTING LARGER AND BUSY TOO
WITH ALL THE COLORS AND PATTERNS THAT ARE YOU.
THE SIZE DOES NOT ALWAYS DETERMINE IT'S WORTH
IT'S THE QUALITY OF THE QUILT, THAT COMES FIRST.
SO WHEN YOU DECIDE TO PIECE A FRIENDSHIP QUILT
BE HONEST AND SINCERE, WITHOUT ANY GUILT,
AND STITCH THE SWATCHES WITH LOVE AND CARE
DOING ALL YOU CAN TO HONESTLY BE THERE.
FOR THIS CREATION OF ART THAT YOU HAVE SEWN
NEEDS TO BE SHARED WITH ALL YOU HAVE KNOWN
FRIENDS MAY COME AND FRIENDS MAY GO
BUT THE MEMORY THAT IT MADE, EACH STITCH WILL SHOW
WRITTEN BY SHIRLEY BARR
MARCH 12, 2005
Proverbs 8: 17 ~ 21 - I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me. Riches and honour are with me; yea, durable riches and righteousness. My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver. I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment: Than I may cause those that love me to inherit substance' and I will fill their treasures |
