And I shall find you
Tucked inside
Of those most private of moments
You keep
Only for yourself
Hidden
Yet waiting
Just waiting to be found
You've left clues
Again
A map
As you busy yourself
In preparation
Ironing out your cresses
Mending the frays
Patching the worn
Translucent fabrics
Reinforcing clasps
That have been weakened
Twisted and deformed by
Holding on
To more than you were meant
Your hope
The busyness of your hands
Will hedge
The loneliness of your heart
So you're mindful to leave
The bits of thread and loose buttons
That have fallen
And the crumbs
A trail
And your voice
As it hums between bursts of song
Singing
"Come home, come home. You've been gone too long"
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