Quilt

I thought a quilt would make a good gift Something to keep you warm on these frigid wintry days Something to keep you warm since I could not So I unfolded scraps and remnants of our past And laid them out on the floor Piecing together parts of you and I I found a needle and thread And carefully stitched together the patchwork story of us Until I had a blanket big enough for us both

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