Party Time at Rita's

Sole Mates

 (A Tribute to Lycra)

 Dedicated to Rita and Tom

September 12, 2015

Love, Sarah

I gave my love a pair of socks

Tied up with string in a simple box.

A brightly woven work of art

Each warp and woof right from the heart.

And though the colors were the same,

The patterns bore our separate names.

Apart quite fine, together rare;

Each one unique, yet quite a pair.

Each fiber bore its properties,

Mostly  cotton for its ease

And nylon for its strength to bear

The journey on the path out there.

But what is this?  Just 1%?

What good is Lycra?  Here's a hint.

It stretches 7 times its length

And springs right back with added strength.

Though it appears a single thread

My friends, do not then be misled

For intertwined are threads so thin

That they become a "second skin".

And so this gift, mismatched with care,

While I am here and you are there

Is  affirmation from my heart—

Sole Mates  together, and apart.

 Words and music by Sarah Mulkey