daisy chain: Emi, Jackie

March 16, 2020 Kate Belew with Emi and Jackie (New York)

make a daisy chain with morning,

weave the flooding sunlight with birdsong—

a sunlight white like thought, a birdsong long like love—

 we imagine there is a different world out there 

 where no matter how bitter the coffee, we share this cup together

 and no matter the daggers of palm fronds, we accept the shade they offer us.

 here, take my fingers -- 

 calloused from seasons without rest, 

 and sifting the wind for a good thing

 we can bring them together 

 like the hard varied fibers of a soft lace

 link by link, we become the patterned thread