Offering

A piece of a gift came to me today

in the form of an idea that could not be stilled

enough to even murmur,

"Tomorrow, it can wait until tomorrow"

from the warmth of my bed...

everything else got put off today

but this.

A hammer-engraved hand

carefully drawn

tenderly carved with the graver...

It will be a necklace

and in the palm there will be a gift of a gemstone

and I feel opal might be best

to be worn over the heart.

In the leather shop the hummingbird clutch

called out to be antiqued, painted

but it must wait until at least tomorrow

when I feel stronger.

Its centerpiece will be a piece of gorgeous green turquoise

I've been holding onto for years...

And in the midst of these deepening dark days of winter

the uncanny word 'bloom'

beckons from the flip side of the piece.

This was the work of my hands on the last days before leaving for

Minneapolis - sometimes tooling obsesses me

and I can do little else

and then the impulse flips to metal...

I love the contrast and the ability to do both

with all my might.

xoxo,

Allisunny and the box of tissues