Follow the Thread

Today is the day
I finished reading,
_Knit One, Haiku Too_
by Maria Fire.

A lovely book!
Very generic praise,
I suppose.

But the other option
would be to quote
almost every page.

I shall restrain myself
and quote from Fine's
reference to
William Stafford's poem:
"The Way It Is."
(Page 153).

"There's a thread you follow...
...But it's hard for others to see.
While you hold it you can't get lost."

I'm transversing
the landscape
of rounds and rounds
of pink rows
in the quest to create
seven boring inches of shirt
for my "In the Pink" tee.

I'm holding tight
to the thread.

I'm not lost,
just temporarily benumbed.