Frayed | Susan M. Pendley

This is me—the frayed

thread that can’t see

itself but through

comparison of tangible

things.

I want to be the line that drives—

dives through the eye, threading the hole

without a snag.

Instead of that absence of knowing,

finding the fringes, only undefined edges;

trying to chase a feeling.

To name it.

To claim it,

let it weave into my being

and own it.

To say it.

The kintsugi—they call character

and know it’s ok to be patched,

the edges mismatched,

a new perspective,

the golden threads pieced together,

mended.

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Susan M. Pendley is a Houston area writer with roots in the Texas Hill Country. She has a BA in English and is a recipient of SHSU’s Excellence in Writing Award. Published works include: “Here Still,” Penmen Review, “Chasing Sunset Across Texas,” WayWords, available on EBSCOhost and “You Said It Would Rain” is published in Four Tulips as a New Beginnings Writing Contest finalist. IG: @susan_m_pendley