The Mending
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“It is a serious thing just to be alive on this fresh morning in the broken world.” ~Mary Oliver
Feeling the weight, being alive
in the broken world, I take my sewing
basket down from the highest shelf.
Working silently, stitching the pieces
back together, gathering armfuls,
the creases receding into grandmother’s
creaking ironing board.
Waiting on hot steam healing,
the perfect temperature, proceeding
to press gently, overlapping seams settling.
Removing each welt, pinning love
to each serrated spot, careful to catch
trailing tears, just before they strike
the mended whole.
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Susan Haifleigh
Susan is an architect by training, poet by design. Her writing explores the interweaving of light and dark. She has been published in the book “Story Medicine”, online and in print in “The Fahmidan Journal”, “Beyond Words Literary Magazine/Berlin”, “The Stafford Challenge Anthology,” “Women Raise Our Voices” and more. Susan won 2nd place in The Chancellor’s Prize and in the Faruq Z. Bey Award. She was selected for the first cohort of the Fahmidan Journal/UK writing mentorship and is currently working on her first full collection of poetry.
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