Sewing

If I had a hobby,

It would be sewing.

I'd like to learn to sew.

My grandfather was a tailor.

I pass these magnificent tailors at laundry shops and wash & dry centers.

I see the tailors sit in the front window or in the back of the shop.

They come from different countries, speak different languages, each has a distinct look. 

I'd like to learn to sew,

Because if I knew how to sew,

I’d sew that thin thread back together,

That thin thread that is barely holding my life together.

That very thin thread that is the only thing that lies between

my life

and my death.

© 2008 David Greg Harth

08.02.05.10.57.00@296NYC