A fraying thread,
Presenting for notice,
Hangs from the stitch,
Woolly, fraught, and red.
A dress of some age,
Bought years ago,
Done well to last this long,
For a fraction of a wage.
It’s an ignored tease,
Of little concern then,
And less later,
Putting your mind at ease.
But all of a sudden undone,
Unravelled and unspooled,
Returning to a shaggy ball,
Waiting to be spun.
Take a moment to sew,
Turn back the hands of time,
And you’d have delayed,
The inevitable disappointing woe.
And as you weave,
A needle desperate to contain,
Remember the closet full,
Of clothes just as eager to leave.
At some point you must admit,
As shambles hang off your form,
That you must part with the old,
And buy, as they say, a new fit.
#HI
About the Creator
Conor Matthews
Writer. Opinions are my own. https://ko-fi.com/conormatthews
Keep reading
More stories from Conor Matthews and writers in Poets and other communities.
'20/20'
"Do It Again" the track that would ultimately open the Beach Boys final album on Capitol Records which was released on February 10th 1969 had originally been released as a single in August of 1968. The track was the first of many post-Pet Sounds era throwbacks to the early Beach Boys sound which would become continually more cliched and eventually lead the Beach Boys to the level of self-parody they would eventually succumb to in the 1980s while their closest contemporaries The Beatles nearing the end of their run in 1969 would go on to be viewed as the most influential band of all time. However, the song itself is not bad on its surface, and it opens with a futuristic sounding (for 1969) drumbeat captured by then-Beach Boys engineer Stephen Desper using tape delays on the drums performed by Dennis Wilson and John Guerin. The song has been re-recorded numerous times over the years on various Beach Boys-related projects most notably the 2011 re-recording at Capitol studios featuring the five surviving Beach Boys at the time backed instrumentally by various members of both the Brian Wilson Band and Mike Loves touring "Beach Boys" to promote the then upcoming Beach Boys 50th Anniversary reunion tour in 2012. The hammering and power drill sound at the end of the song was an excerpt from a track called "Workshop" that was to be a part of the uncompleted "SMiLE" album.
By Sean Callaghan6 days ago in Beat
Comments (2)
Out with the old, in with the new. Easier said than done for me, lol. Loved your poem!
The fraying thread symbolizes the quiet unraveling of something once whole, a beautiful metaphor for how time affects both objects and lives. The contrast between the dress’s durability and its eventual decline adds a layer of reflection on impermanence.