Pearl Snap Prayer

[Verse 1]
This pearl snap shirt smells like sawdust and her.
A Tuesday night in late November.
He handed it to me, a threadbare blur,
Said, "Don't you dare throw this out, you remember."

[Chorus]
Okaasan, lend me a thread of your grace,
To stitch a new line in this haunted space.
My needle is steady, my vision is clear,
But I'm sewing my love right over my fear.

[Verse 2]
A tear on the cuff from a nail he once caught.
A coffee stain faded right over the heart.
Every small flaw is a battle she fought,
A life I walked into right after the start.
The whole damn thing held together with ghosts.

[Chorus]
Okaasan, lend me a thread of your grace,
To stitch a new line in this haunted space.
My needle is steady, my vision is clear,
But I'm sewing my love right over my fear.

[Bridge]
Some part of me wants to just tear it in two,
Watch all the old memories fall to the floor.
But a mender knows what she is supposed to do—
Make the patch stronger than what came before.

[Chorus]
(Key Change)
Okaasan, you taught me the strength in the thread.
I'm claiming the stories the silent things said.
My needle is sharp and my vision is clear,
I'm sewing our future right over the fear.

[Outro]
The last knot is tied. The needle is clean.
It smells like sawdust, and jasmine, and me.