My words to you

My words to you

My words to you are the stitches in a scarf
I don’t want to finish
maybe it will come to be a blanket
to hold you here

love not gone anywhere

"My Words to you" from Shirt in Heaven © 2015 by Jean Valentine.
Reprinted with the permission of Copper Canyon Press.
Inheritance: In Memory of American Glass (2017) © Cara Lynch, MTA NYCT District Avenue Station.
Commissioned by MTA Arts & Design.