I want to unravel you
like a ball of sky blue wool.
I want to tease away the tangles,
and the pain, so cruel.
I want to slip my fingers
into every knot of thought
and pull you free, unfettered…
And I want to be unravelled, with you,
from the self that holds me tight,
to walk, with you, my friend,
into the all-dissolving light.
This poem was arranged and performed as a song by Mary-Jane Negus in 2009 as part of Unravelling: Denmark Stories at Denmark’s Brave New Works Festival.
