Can I Stay by Ray LaMontagne

skein

like yarn  i unravel

(you pull

one little edge

and

i am broken down,

frayed /

unkempt / and hairy lackluster)

i keep it together.

one tiny snip

and

you could have my heart,

pulling

ends like

spaghetti

and meatballs (i knit sweaters

up

for you) and

this is hard:

making

something out of nothing...