Fold
GRM
Origami anger,
folded in and folded in,
always twisting, recreating
always seeming like a smile.
Her hands grow strong,
but also learn,
that paper tears and
cuts as well.
She grows so tired
of patterns without change.
There soon will come
a rip,
a slice,
a crease that won't lie flat.
And all the folds will fall.
She'll then rip down
the wide, clear sky
and in the ancient art
of jaw and scale
will form the bluest boa . . .
almost lovely as it swallows
all the paper people down,
almost music at it spits
the bones of
paperclips and pins.
folded in and folded in,
always twisting, recreating
always seeming like a smile.
Her hands grow strong,
but also learn,
that paper tears and
cuts as well.
She grows so tired
of patterns without change.
There soon will come
a rip,
a slice,
a crease that won't lie flat.
And all the folds will fall.
She'll then rip down
the wide, clear sky
and in the ancient art
of jaw and scale
will form the bluest boa . . .
almost lovely as it swallows
all the paper people down,
almost music at it spits
the bones of
paperclips and pins.
Published by Tina Twito
I'm 39, with a wonderful husband (in Iowa), and a daughter who lives in NC with her hubby (love them both!). I write mostly children's stories and poetry (rhyming poetry, traditional poetry, haiku, but mostl... View profile
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5 Comments
Post a CommentSuperb metaphor--and so well extended. I agree with JLC--An amazing poem, worth reading a number of times. Impressed! Glad we 'subscribed' to each other--and so pleased to find gifted poets here. ;)
Nice work... I love the ending. 5*
Great depiction using Origami.
This is one of your best poems. I just keep reading it over and over. The ending is so incredible for it too.
Great analogy!!!!!