The Weaver

Filaments of red and black

pulled by small, quick fingers -

this is the way my mother did it,

building a pattern

piece by woven piece.

A blanket for the back

of a tired horse,

or a tired child -

on a long Winter walk to Santa Fe -

is now an area rug

in a coffee shop

in Carson City.

© Scott Stark, 2013

19th century Navajo blanket
downloaded from "Indian Blankets and Their Makers"
by George Wharton James (1914)
from Wikimedia Images