Loose Threads

An unstable thread

Held together a precarious bunch,

Flimsy and falling

Leaning forwards-bending-

Searching for balance

In a world off center,

Carrying the weight of

Immaturity, irresponsibility

The weight of voices

Searching for a gap

An opening in a fence

No longer capable of holding

The precarious bunch

Depending upon a loose thread

For security and understanding,

Sliding further away

Catching in wind that howls

Against window pane

And beats against tree trunks

Upheaving the calm night

When least expected,

Tearing and yanking the thread

Fraying at the ends

To continue to center

Uneven and languishing

The stems tumble,

This way and that

To be sorted how they may

Some carried on the wind

With new ideas and notions

Of a freedom

Previously unknown

While others cower in the grass

Finding solace in the loneliness

The peace of solidarity-

While the thread

Flutters away

To find peace

In not being needed.

Katrina Thornley is a nature poet. novelist, and freelance journalist that resides in Rhode Island. She has two poetry collections currently published, a novel, as well as a short story anthology. Her poetry collections "Arcadians: Lullaby in Nature" and "Arcadians: Wooden Mystics" were inspired by a local park and life in her small rural town. You can find them on Amazon now!

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