Dedicated to Randy

I wrote and gave this to Randy several years ago:

                   Tapestry

One day in time

I found a new thread

Woven into my tapestry of life.

Intriguing---

Because this thread

Added a new dimension and texture

To an already most unusual design.

I love the adventure

Of seeing a new color.

Exciting---

Because once the Master Weaver

Adds a new color to the loom

I'm never quite certain

What changes will be made

In the overall design.

Sometimes I am able 

To alter the pattern of threads,

But other times the threads weave in and out

Almost as if these inanimate objects

Had a will and life of their own.

It is not always easy to weave.

Sometimes threads break

Altering my design forever.

Sometimes the spindle pricks my finger,

And sadly I find that

Beauty does not come easily.

To have it

One must often pay the price of pain,

But contrasts enhance the overall design.

Light and dark, smooth and rough, joy and pain---

All add a necessary depth and dimension.

I am most fortunate

Because no one

Has a tapestry quite like mine.

I must make it so.

Uniqueness---

An imperative life force for me.

My tapestry of life

Woven both by Gods and mortals

In a design

Which will never be complete

Nor comprehended 

Until life's final breath

Shuts down the loom. 

        ---Written by Bonnie

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Thanks, Randy, for being that unique thread that has only added richness and beauty to my tapestry of life.