The Lady Puzzlers
     Grand Ladies, All
Their sturdy Hands of Affirmative Action
     Worn and frail
Familiar with putting together
     The Puzzling Pieces of
Other Lives - Other Worlds
The Puzzle Room
     A Social Space
A large oak table strong and true
     To hold the gathering Puzzle Pieces all together
For Everyone to view
Every Neighbor -
Every smiling Friend, saying,
     “That one’s sure comin’ along -
     Won’t be long til you’re at the end -
     All the Pieces found -
     All the Puzzle Pieces fitted in
Busy Hands if Order -
     Color coordinating
     All of the watery blues and greens
     All of the earthy browns and blacks to be seen
     All of the fiery yellows and reds
     All of the airy silvers and whites dancing above our Heads
This Puzzle put together by so many Loving Hands
     Illuminated Faces from familiar and foreign lands
A kaleidoscope of Envisioning
     What is to Be -
If this Piece fits here - what’s next?
     What do you think Sister Minnie?
Don’t really know Sister Evelyn
     But give the Puzzle Piece in your Hand a try -
     Pick a spot -
If it won’t fit in - go back to the untried Pieces
     And try all over again
Gently pushing down - firmly placing the Pieces
     Into this spot and that
With probing, weathered Hands
     Minnie, Evelyn, Millie and Doris
     All Sage Daughters of Eve
Move mountains, valleys, oceans and civilizations
     On top of that magnificent table of oak
      With determined, patient ease
Looking for the Whole of what the Puzzle is to Be
Resolute in the Sharing of all of the Puzzle’s intricate Mysteries
They are, after all -
     The Lady Puzzlers
     Grand Ladies, All
     Their sturdy Hands of Affirmative Action
     Worn and frail - tell the Tale
     Always willing to Answer the Puzzle’s beckoning Call
     The Lady Puzzlers
     Work until the Puzzle’s Tapestry is Complete
     It’s artistic and meaningful Design is unfurled
     The Lady Puzzlers Hands of Creative Intention are
     Familiar with putting together the Puzzling Pieces of
     Other Lives - Other Worlds
 
February 12, 2010