Needle, running in and out, <br />In and out, in and out, <br />Do you know what you're about, <br />In and out, in and out? <br /> <br />Fingers, going to and fro, <br />To and fro, to and fro, <br />Do you know the path you go, <br />To and fro, to and fro? <br /> <br />I might tell you why you're taking <br />Such good stitches: You are making <br />Out of linen fine as breaking <br />Ocean-spray upon a bluff, <br />Pleating for a Bishop's cuff! <br /> <br />I might make you understand <br />That a Bishop's white, white hand, <br />Because of you, will be more fair, <br />Will be raised in better prayer. <br /> <br />Even then you, would you know <br />Why you're going to and fro? <br />Would you doubt what you're about, <br />Running in and running out?<br /><br />Hazel Hall<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/puzzled-stiches/
