Tailoring Thoughts

Everything’s been said before;

The goal’s to find a way

To tailor those familiar thoughts

To fit beneath your sway.

 

You choose a pattern and a swatch

Of fabric that appeals,

Then cut and stitch until, at last,

Your feelings it reveals.

 

Along the way, you change a word

Or rearrange a phrase,

Then try it on, assessing with

A slightly biased gaze.

 

When done, you snip the final thread

And put it on display,

Content to know you’ve said exactly

What you meant to say.