Resolve
to endure until the reward comes for your labours.
I
was the seamstress
of
Clayburn village,
sewing
in serenity
from
morning, deep into the night.
I
made my living,
never
you mind,
but
I made it with every stitch
that
continued by candlelight.
Not
one to be discouraged,
I
was never more alive than when
the
wedding dress of early love
was
embroidered with symbol
and
hemmed to perfection.
It
was the groom who rose
with
the morning and
lit
the sky over the roses.
Emily Isaacson