Patchwork Pieces

In a life that is lived
Patchwork Pieces of memories
Exist in a quilt derived
With threads of lived anxieties

Some are lovers
Quietly aggressively careening
From cliffs of Dover
Surrounding all while preening

As if that appearance matters
While events tell the truth
Of gifts left shattered
By pieces of careless uncouth

Some are dreamers
Who imagine pure beauty
While silent loud screams
Trace scars of loathed piety

Some are pragmatists
Who live a logical path
While chaotic thoughts persist
Despite mixed sangria carafes

Some absorb painful empathy
While carrying a peaceful image
Bagged in a prisoners sympathy
While sorting fiction from garbage

Some are healers whose touch
Spreads peace while time
Adds waves of oceans from a bluff
Awaiting the sooth sayer sublime

Some are givers whose gifts
Are not treasured in life
Are discovered by those who sift
Through lines of lived strife

Some are described by a mixture
Sustained by patched pieces
Lived at different epics
While feeling desired beliefs

I touch each scrap
That memories define
While dreaming no handicaps
From a quilted life designed




Poetry by Kee Zealy The PoetBay support member heart!
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Written on 2026-06-26 at 11:13

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one trick pony The PoetBay support member heart!
As I was reading this, several times as Allen suggested, I kept hearing one word in my thoughts: truth.
2026-06-26


Griffonner The PoetBay support member heart!
What a novel concept. The whole poem is a metaphor, within which are other metaphors to my eye meant to represent a kind of manifestation of part, or perhaps the whole of a life of experience. I recommend at least two reads of this little gem. Blessings, Allen
2026-06-26