The Thread by Jeniffer Lee (South Korea)

There is a thread in my head 
tangled, knotted, tight. 

Not for splendid apparel. 
Not for mending a cherished shoe.
Not for a life-saving surgery. ​

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It gets bigger by the day, 
As new threads form, 
Only to become twisted, mangled.
Forming burning coils in my brain. 

Everytime I try to untie, 
it gets worse. 
The knot squeezes, crushes, coils
more. My brain screams. 

Weeks and weeks, 
Months and months 
Of worries, doubts. 
Words spoken, 
Then taken back. 

Now I have to admit 
that I cannot do this by myself.
I need a needle 
that can slip through the knot. 

A kind gesture, 
A non judgemental ear. 

Untangling thread by thread, 
Until my mind is released 
From the agonizing mass. 

And maybe one day, 
The tangled thread will become instead,
A beautiful tapestry,
Sewed by that needle 
Of all that I have endured 
And the beauty that I have become.