Knitting Pearls

Knit three, wool over needle, lace

Knit three, wool over needle, lace

Yarn yawns and stretches
beneath my touch

Taking shape in lines of faith

one by one by one,

I knit in hope

and dream of names

of future daughters and sons.

I make mistakes,

I drop a stitch

and pick it up too late

But always, a steady hand awaits,

My grandmother's,

My mother's,

My own.

Life is a course in miracles

And I am knitting a calendar

for when I am old

and there are stories to be told

yarn will hold them for me.

- Shaista Tayabali, 2010