Ugly Green Yarn

Silently knitting
Ugly green yarn
She yearns
To step back

To years ago
Where she stood
On her own
A young beauty

Knitting, with the
Ugly green yarn
And thinking
No thinking

She's dropped stitches
And she can't go back
Now she waits
To let it be done

Tight and loose
Winding and winding
Twisting her
Arthritis infested fingers

Ugly green yarn
Reflected in her pearl eyes
Ugly green memories
Of the years gone by

Best,
Anna Belle Lee