A lonely Knight
wounded by the spears of life.
Beneath the rusty armour
The seams
of my soul come undone
and hope seeps out.
I reach for patches of faith
and sew life back into dormant fabrics
Recreating my old self.
A abstract montage
of failures and Conquests
Pieces of old insecurities and
threads of love.
A collage of new skin
carved from old skin
Here I found new warmth
©Richard Quaz Roodt(2011)
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This Poem is linked to Poetry Picnic# 17 ; Poetry Pantry#79 ; d’Versepoets.com (Poetics Prompt:Fabrics of our lives) and One Single Impression.
Quazism 
piecing together your life, a piece at a time
nice…love that out of the scraps of the old you are able to find enough to create the new…nice write…
The seams of the soul undone so that hope seeps out..love the new beginning out of the old and used…just like quilting..just like life..
I love this collage of new skin ~ very nice reflections on starting anew ~
You wove so many fitting images into this quilt/collage. I especially like the abstract montage and pieces of old insecurities. Quite clever.
This is a poem I could wear.
… that’s what I wanted to say, but yours is so much better!
Oh, wow, I love the contrast of the images. The hard image of the knight in armor plus the soft, yet powerful image of sewing life. Great piece! ^_^
Thank you guys:-) I really loved the prompt..
A beautiful quilt of words wrapping up how we feel when starting anew.
I read the last three lines many a time…. lovely poem..
Yes, the whole poem was wonderful but those lines were a beautiful climax. My patchwork piece: http://wordcoaster.wordpress.com/2011/06/18/i-believe/
love this…!!
when old meets new and becomes one, it was nice seeing how the old can bring comfort in its warmth though, no matter what the past was like, it is sort of like home 🙂
enjoy gooseberry day! 🙂
my entry: http://lynnaima.wordpress.com/2011/12/10/apologies-to-my-thighs-nc-17adults-only-please/
Beautifull write, Quaz! Full of emotion and powerful!
love the title,
what a creative soul crafting.
great use of metaphor.
the transformation is heartfelt…lovely rendition of the prompt indeed…:)
Superb! Recreating to find warmth!
That was a lovely and inspirational poem, enjoy the warmth.
pain, hurt from life does change us but we can win 😦
happy rally!!!
http://lynnaima.wordpress.com/2011/12/14/discomfort/
A really beautiful write.
“I reach for patches of faith…” A nice line in a quilt.
Mine is tattoo’d in skin worn on my sleeve, brushed in a heart ..enjoyed this write
Beautiful story of how love loss and pain can also heal…woven so delicately!!
I was not expecting to see a poem that highlighted a masculine story, using a quilt as an image, but it works very beautifully. The pictures of the quilts are wonderful as well– did you make the quilts, too? I really like your poem. The comfort and pain wrapped up in the image of new skin sewn from old skin is extraordinary.
A collage of experiences — both happy and sad— would make a good soul quilt. Thanks for sharing this. 🙂
Lovely! I really liked it, very much like the kind of poetry I understand and admire. I am sure you’ll like my pennings too at ~
http://promisingpoetsparkinglot.blogspot.com/2011/12/agreement-for-thursday-poets-rally-week.html
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For this post, I must say, its Lovely! I really liked it, very much like the kind of poetry I understand and admire. I am sure you’ll like my pennings too at ~
“A collage of new skin
carved from old skin
Here I found new warmth” Loved this!! And me too. Blessings, Terri
clever thoughts.
Being a fan of knights, I particularly like this piece. :o)
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