Metamora - Endless Chain

outside the window   i saw the clothesline
full of old quilts   and no two the same
flopping and flying   in the wind in the wind they were talking like
women a working   round a quilting frame

a midsummer circus of crazy colors
their strange old names i could hear them call
jacobs ladder   drunkards path   robbing peter to pay paul
dusty miller   ducks and ducklings   woods in autumn   wild geese flying

crazy ann and old log cabin   puzzling patterns from a simpler time
bits and pieces   from bolts and boxes   laid out straighter than a schoolbook rhyme
strips cut out with a new made template   scissors gleaming in the oil lamplight
patient fingers   taking tiny stitches   in the stillness of a snowy night
honeycomb   harvest home   maple leaf   memory wreath

a stitch in time   an apple a day   a penny saved is a penny earned
make it do or do without it   these were the lessons that our old folks learned
stored em away through a long hard winter   but a season for growins come around once more
our hands learn work   their old tools teach us   our feet hear music in their old wood floor
eight hands round   swing in the center   texas star   bucksaw

one more dance with your favorite partner   one more chorus from the fiddlers bow
follow the plow   the pen   the needle for one more year and down one more row
the tree of life   the hand of friendship   stepping stones in an endless chain
cut the strings   that make you dance   you will still be dancing just the same

save all   mill wheel
harvest sun   crescent moon
crosses and losses
grandmothers flower garden
forbidden fruit trees
four little birds   storm at sea   pine tree
barn raising   horn of plenty
hovering hawks   cox comb
home   game of hearts   hearts
reel   rose wreath   oak tree
temperance tree   legacy   lost ship
babys blocks   childrens delight
cupids arrow   lovers knot
bachelors puzzle   old maid dream   hour glass
moss rose   rose in bud   carolina rose
prairie rose   rose of sharon
rose of dixie   love rose
stars within stars   morning star
shooting star   evening star   compass star
wonder of the world   wandering foot
wonder of the sky   wanderers path
tree of life   hand of friendship
stepping stones
endless chain