Unchanging

In response to Eye Will Not Cry’s post here: http://eyewillnotcry.wordpress.com/2014/11/11/she-had-me-losing-my-mind/

he is once worn
and twice shed
she brings him out of the cabinet
on special occasions
like fine china
but he never breaks
he is just what she needs
never takes more
than she will give
she threads his needle
in the dark night
punches right through him
and leaves before the
stitches have healed
he sews his fragile heart
to his shirtsleeves
hers for the taking
but she will wrap it up
in her white apathy
and watch it bleed away