I know that there was a line that I sewn upon my skin Thread made of emotions that I couldn’t hold on to They slipped and slid and came out of my grasp And if I tried to lock them away, they’d easily undo the clasp I sit at a wheel, my finger at a thorn, Spinning roses, and flowers, and threads for toys If I can create something, something to be kept, Would I someday find these things again and learn to accept? Or would the thread someday fade and unwind behind the scenes Undoing in the corners, ripping the seams Things like these, I know, weren’t meant to last forever They were meant to be loved, cared for, watched, and maintained. But if I cannot move myself from this bed, And catch the hands of the monster speaking in my head Would I be able to learn how to thread the eye of the needle So I could learn to love again?