( 17) The needle

(17) The needle

I play the role of seamstress
patching the uneven thread of Lives’ problems,
with the needle of caution and care,
encountering many knots and cuts,
yet, my patient needle does not give in,
forges ahead to knit and knit,
in a corner of measured distance,
knit into many patches and patterns,
unmindful of the needle paving a cut,
needle still negotiates,
The bleeding finger progresses,
negotiates many wound cuts,
Still, I sew, seam,
at one point, my bleeding finger bulges,
shortly arrested of its bleeding,
wanting touch of the same piece of cloth,
Bunches of the same thread, it weaves and patches,
The needle carefully plays hide and seek,
The needle consciously plays hide and seek.