knitting needle

If you were a knitting needle,
I’d like to be the yarn
knit snugly around you-
sprawling, spiraling out
in little loops
nothing could undo.

Let’s create something together.
Perhaps a scarf or sweater
to wrap around and warm
a wintering world.

If you were a prayer,
I’d like to be the hands folded-
quietly to hold it,
holy.
Then sprawling, spiraling out
to lift it up.

Let’s love something together,
something greater than each other-
then show it, stunning,
to a watching world.