I feel more comfortable in your old sweater
than I do in my own skin.
I fear when it unravels
I might too.
YOU ARE READING
Heartstrings and Other Things
PoetrySnapping like the strings of violins, red dripping on my fingertips. The angels cry for the bleeding hearts, the sirens sing their songs of sorrow, both sobbing in their worlds, apart, what is whole today is gone tomorrow.
Unravel
I feel more comfortable in your old sweater
than I do in my own skin.
I fear when it unravels
I might too.