I Feel Best in Old Clothes

I feel best in old clothes

Soft fabrics
Worn by time and love
Threadbare and weathered

It feels like home.

It feels like freedom
To live in my own skin
To be “off” for a little while.

I feel best in old clothes

The ones I’ve lived in
Moments weaved
Into the sleeves
Cloth washed In emotion

Knowledge in an old t shirt
Entire lives in a sweater

It’s comfort.
It’s wonder.
It’s liberation.

Wrapped up in faded cotton
…I am a queen.