You embroider in Black
Tangled thoughts your thread
Each panel fulfills a lack
Each prick your blood's red

You stitch in memories,
In crosses and love knots
The pain and hurt covered
By dark, blue forget me nots
Your budding hopes flower
But why is black your only color?

Hopes turn to dust, very true
Some days, forget joy,
Even contentment seems
So hard to come by

You glean what you can
Ticket stubs from journeys past
Photos that lie awaiting a frame
Memories of love, fading fast
Regret, sour, is what's left at last

You give until you are empty
Alas they don't see it as help
Determined to make you fit their mould
Their transactions left your heart cold
Are you the one falling short?
Another phantom, self doubt!

Now, however,
This story grows old

Pack up that embroidery
Slough off the black
Go on, soak in a bath,
Don some jewellery
Fly far, away from the cold hearth
In friends' hearts, awaits revelry

Pick pastels off a trek in the woods
Or glitter from a night flea market
Color your dreams Strawberry,
With empanadas and exotic foods
Squeeze that Friend, stay a while
Your hug brings out her pretty smile

Call a friend, write to yet another one
Paint rainbows into dreary lives
Your tales bring splendor
To many tired eyes
Wipe away that water
It has no joy, no colour

You, Me, She, we seek Paradise
Out with the old, in with the new
Whether it's Life, or the World
I'm ready for travel, to stand beside you.

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Dedicated to @chocolatewithtea and
@borrego431: You are my destination!

24.09.2023