Skilled nimble fingers and gold embroidery thread
Southern patchwork quilts and buttered rising bread
Ceramic bowls freshly spun on a steady wheel
An ancestral pocketknife on dried white oak to whittle and peel
A basket of flowers, roots, and seeds for herbal recipes
Canned green beans and pickled red beets
Sublime trades learnt for self sufficiency
The mountain elders with calloused hands and busy feet
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PoetryFeatured on @WattpadPoetry's reading list Stygian Skies and @CoffeeCommunity's Cappuccino reading list. A poetry book that trembles with fear, explodes with rage, and loves with everything it has. It tries to make sense of the past and explores trau...
