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Ripped at the Seams
January 16, 2024
I bought a shirt online.
That’s all it was,
I thought.
When it arrived,
I took it out of the package
and examined it.
Every stitch,
every color,
every thread,
sewn by little hands.
I can see the tears staining the fabric,
the sweat on the sleeve.
The blisters on the fingers
just to earn a penny.
Seeing the tears fall
at the back of my mind
onto the tiny faces straining smiles…
…is enough to make me never want to purchase anything
ever again.
© Anonymous
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This is a poem about child labor in the fashion industry that I wrote to accompany a project about fashion I completed for my English class.