loose ends

I've made myself such a pretty ribbon out of all my loose ends, long, beautiful pieces of black dissolving silk, all curled in a heart-shaped knot. But meaningless, senseless words came, like moths, chewing my knot, setting all my questions free, without warning, without permission...I watch them startled, floating around me, sheer threads twisting in tiny, black explosions, all around me, electrifying, touching me as by mistake.