"Destined Minds"

ODE TO THE CRAFTER

I toil the memories to put on paper
all the emotions of the past
For I am the scrapbooker
that creates memories that last..

My cupboards and shelves
are stocked to the brim
with paper, embellishments
that will meet every whim...

pretty tools and measures
cutters and glues
chipboard & ribbons
of things I have yet to use

The latest of gadgets
like laminator & cuttlebug
THE latest craze & must have toy
my case is getting VERY heavy to lug

I quill and mosaic
and I paint and I sew
I make cards and glasspaint
I even tole, you know.

As the kids move out
I jump for joy
for now I've rooms
with which I can toy

I bead and dabble
with encaustic art
my friends think I'm quite clever
and even I think I'm smart

looking at my shelves
I can spend all day
thinking about with
what will I play

I'm addcited I know
to the glamour and glitz
thank heaven for Kindy
and cute little bitz

so now I pray me down to sleep
I pray my sanity my craft will keep
and should I die before I wake
I pray my craft to Heaven may take

but if it not be thy will
I pray the inks they will not spill
along with all my worldy craft go to charity
and that my addiction be known for posterity

and Lord if there be a prize
"she with the most craft wins"
let it be said loudly that I did not fail
and in this area did not sin

and when there were craft sales
I gathered as much as I could
at the front of the line
you can be sure there I stood

but in the meantime
please let me dream
of owning the next gadget and craze
and let me craft away and laze.

Maree Long
(c)Maree Long 2009