August 21 - So long, Ioanna

You came to the island

to find a new home

a new life

or a new beginning

you followed the colourful threads

of your ambition

yarns and other woolly materials

transferred into pieces of art

You seemed to be so happy

in your working space full of treasures

learning from old traditions

and pass them through

the yarn giving you enough energy

to help out who ever suffered

human or animal

your spinning wheel kept on helping

There must have been disturbances

that cut your yarn

maybe trust, maybe illness

made you to an object in need

Giving up the loom

and that beautiful space you created

out of your big heart

and the joy of living

I hope you have been happy

on this island full of invisible threads

that kept you busy

learning your skills to other people

giving them a way of creativity

so needed in life

because you believed in beauty

and giving it to others

forgive me I was not there

when you needed love in return

may there have been others

to have kept your faith in humanity

because that was what you were:

a beautiful woman

coming to the island

to spread goodness, beauty and assistance.