Recycled hockey fan jersey | THE FORGOTTEN VESSEL

🕯️ The Forgotten Vessel

A design by VALKASON / Yohanes Kabes

Inspired by the poem “The Unkind Wings” by Yohanes Kabes,
which unveils the quiet exhaustion of a people pleaser —
a soul that keeps giving until it forgets its own existence.

This design portrays a human figure as the branch of a withered tree —
silent, fragile, yet endlessly a resting place for other lives.

The branches are rendered in white,
glowing softly against a dark background —
a light visible from afar,
yet slowly sinking into the depths of shadow.

From the sides of its arms, birds are seen flying closer —
symbolizing the souls that come seeking warmth,
unaware that the branch itself has long grown weary of holding the world.
The branch curves around the neck,
visualizing someone being choked by their own light.

“He stood still, a vessel of warmth,
until the light in his bark began to fade.”

“The Forgotten Vessel” is a poem you can wear —
a visual prayer for those who give too much,
and a gentle reminder that even the quietest light
deserves to rest and be replenished. ✨