Eight-line Poems 2

So Still a Swift

So Still a Swift

I am transported back
to childhood days
when I stood with extended arms
hank of yarn entrapped
and a single strand
from there to my mother’s hands
rolling the yarn, rolling,
into the required ball.


Line count: 8
Free verse
For Express It In Eight, 05.29.24
Prompt: Illustration of a tangled line with one line leading to a spiralled ball.