By Galadrial
Date: 2005 Mar 03
Comment on this Work
[[2005.03.03.22.12.29788]]

that didn't hurt a bit

You started tugging at yarn,
searching for purchase,
fingering the seams until
one stubborn stitch gave way,
and you had the end you needed.

Small tugs to unravel a spanish shawl,
intricate with detail
your needle and mine
in tandem stitchery.
My, that didn't hurt a bit.

I watched the cloth shrink,
pucker and turn to simple thread,
thinking I knew that someday
we might have to put this away,
but never expecting to be undone.

I knew you had to go my love...
I just never guessed that you
would count it as a kindness
to undo all we had been
rather than risk a goodbye kiss.

And did you really say
I would be just fine
as you gave one last hard tug,
turning me ass over tea kettle
to mourn a tapestry
I thought we both loved?

My, that didn't hurt a bit.