It’s a knit and purl miracle that
Hands this size can make you a coat
For all your cold shoulders
And a scarf for the lump in your throat
Animal body and human heart
Carded and spun to some new line
Longer than the distance of new seasons
And continents, cast on and off, in time
I love you is the sound of needles meeting,
Tap, slide, spin, move, and meet again.
I love you, I do. Here is my handmade
Embrace, my touch my warmth, my friend.
by Kessia Reyne Bennet