The Old Threads are Unraveling

The old threads are unraveling, 
Get your needles ready.
We are stitching a new quilt of humanity.

Bring your old t-shirts, 
worn out jeans, scarves, 
antique gowns, aprons
old pockets of plenty
who have held Earth's treasures, 
stones, feathers, leaves
love notes on paper. 

Each stitch
A mindful meditation. 
Each piece of material
A story. 
The more color the better, 
so call in the tribes.
Threads of bones, whites, reds, oranges,
Women from all nations
start stitching. 

Let's recycle the hate, the abuse,
the fear, the judgment.
Turn it over, wash it clean, 
ring it out to dry. 
It's revolution of recycled wears. 
Threads of greens, blues, purples
Colorful threads of peace, kindess, 
respect, compassion are being stitched
from one continent to the next
over forest, oceans, mountains. 

The work is hard 
Your fingers may bleed. 
But each cloth stitched together
Brings together a community. 
A world, our future world
Under one colorful quilt. 
The new quilt of humanity. 

Julia Myers