patchwork girl dreaming
piecing together the scraps of silk
frayed ribbons of broiderie anglais
the tears of velvet darker than midnight
squares of sackcloth hessian made to scrape
against skin both thick and paperthin
patchwork girl sewn together
with a golden thread and a needle finer than hate
embroidered edges with floss spun by spiders
from clouds of dreams, flower thoughts, starwonders
and fragile pockets of maybe hidden beneath morning dew
stitches all lose, then too pulled too tight
she is together
she is all fallen apart
the soft shape of a doll
the tender shape of a girl
hold her, not an armful of scraps
but something precious, one of a kind
couture
Nov 21, 2020
Nov 21, 2020 at 12:50 PM UTC
patchwork girl dreaming
piecing together the scraps of silk
frayed ribbons of broiderie anglais
the tears of velvet darker than midnight
squares of sackcloth hessian made to scrape
against skin both thick and paperthin
patchwork girl sewn together
with a golden thread and a needle finer than hate
embroidered edges with floss spun by spiders
from clouds of dreams, flower thoughts, starwonders
and fragile pockets of maybe hidden beneath morning dew
stitches all lose, then too pulled too tight
she is together
she is all fallen apart
the soft shape of a doll
the tender shape of a girl
hold her, not an armful of scraps
but something precious, one of a kind
couture
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