Classic Poem

Now let me unknit my life away from yours!
So closely, so tightly,
In so perplexed a pattern are we knitted together:
Stitch with stitch, thread with thread,
Twisted over and under and over —
O seamless!
Though with knives we rend and tear,
Though the garment of our love be utterly destroyed,
We will unknit those strands;
Those intertwining, soft,
Tight-woven fibers that tangle and cling —
Now we will unknit those strands!