is a symphony of green and blue
a bit of purple and topaz.
An ambitious take off
 from a chinese rug,
that snared my attention
twenty years ago.
Worked at intervals,
during sunny and lazy
vacations,
and during vigils
over the sick.

These memories
are crosstiched there,
and called me back
to finish  the work
before the next
millenium.

One needs at times,
to put the old in order,
and start afresh.