My life a ravel
by Elouise
My life a ravel
of tightly bound strands
resists sorting
into heaps of trash
or reusable remnants
for a waif
left numb and cold
by winds of
unrighteous judgment
***
© Elouise Renich Fraser, 11 April 2017
Response to WordPress Daily Prompt: Unravel
Telling the Truth 
I really like the “reusable remnant for a waif” transition point.
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Thank you, Thomas. The phrase flew into my head as I was writing. Glad you enjoyed it!
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Would you believe that the very word was new to me? Ravel!
Never ever heard/read it before, I even checked my Oxford D to check it and the etymology.
Seems it’s from the Dutch language.
Now that I’ve unravelled that I’ll get back to doing nothing :D,
How many times I wonder have I used that word – unravel? And yet it never occurred to me that it was the reverse of ravel.
Thank you for this,you’ve made my day XD 🐻
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☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️🌷😊
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Oh….I almost forgot…. I checked my Oxford too! I was surprised to see that it isn’t used much anymore, given how often we use unravel. And…best of all, that ravel can now also mean unravel. Go figure! 🤔
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That must be the American influence. 👿
They’re doing their level best to ruin a perfectly good language 😈
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And here I thought I’d made your day! 😊
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you words like a braid,, twined to teach and ravel is a good one ❤
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thank you my dear! 🙂
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