Issue Thirty-Nine - Winter 2022

There’s a Hole in the Fabric

By Rose Mary Boehm

woven from threads of laughter
and acceptance.
The cloth has worn thin in places,
age, pressure and loss the culprits.
The moths of despair fed
on the weave of fellowship.

The web spun from threads
of youth and exuberance
sizzled out in the various fires
of the continuance of life. Over time
the material changed to the colours
and texture of embracing
what I cannot change. Change.
Transformation, transcendence.
Cadence.

The waters no longer gush, the flow
will soon reduce to a trickle, the acres
of my earth lie fallow. I sense my descent,
pulled into the vortex where disappearances
are increasingly standard procedure
once the thin places rupture.

Copyright Boehm 2022

Rose Mary Boehm is a German-born British national living and writing in Lima, Peru, and author of two novels as well as eight poetry collections. Her poetry has been published widely in mostly US poetry reviews (online and print). She was three times nominated for a ‘Pushcart’ and once for ‘Best of Net’. DO OCEANS HAVE UNDERWATER BORDERS? (Kelsay Books July 2022), WHISTLING IN THE DARK (Cyberwit July 2022), and SAUDADE (December 2022) are available on Amazon. Also available on Amazon is a new collection, LIFE STUFF, published by Kelsay Books November 2023. https://www.rose-mary-boehm-poet.com/

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