Deanna L. Raymond: I want to tumble out from the seams.

Years upon years

layer upon layer

whip stitched

slip stitched

back stitched

enclosing myself

cocooning

from any more pain

for what good that did

there was never enough stuffing

or strong enough thread

but still I would mend the tears

till fingers bled

I am too old now

to keep hiding

my fingers so cramped and numb

I can’t hold a needle

I want to take a stitch ripper

and tear away at the lengths upon lengths

of thread

I want to tumble out

from the seams

in only gossamer

and skin

like new

like rebirth

like freedom.

-Dee Ray

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