The Thread That Holds Us Together

Once Upon a time… Oh no, this isn’t a fairy tale! It’s the true life we live day in, day out We are created pure and clean With a knot bound by hard, warm hands and mighty rope. It isn’t mythology But our values and what pushes over the edge Wearing and tearing by the hatred and scorns We mourn as this string grows thinner Just as it shrinks, it grows And what has imprinted our souls Nourishes the thread to coil a bit more and become thicker. We only see the knot we are living with And fail to see other coming apart. Hoping that weakening another will strengthen us, We are left wounded and cut instead. Only those who seek beyond the hardships And forget their own troubles, But remember others are their true saviors Some die with a strong, tough knot The rest…by a thread about to slip What rope do you want? This is the thread that holds us together.