It starts
with fibres, weak and fragile.
The fibres
dance around each other, ever closer, ever tighter.
Becoming yarns
strong enough to mend.
The yarns
dance around each other, ever closer, ever tighter.
Becoming strands
strong enough to bind.
The strands
dance around each other, ever closer, ever tighter.
Becoming ropes
strong enough to haul.
Ropes, made
of strands, made of yarns, made of fibres.
We, weak as
fibres, draw together ever closer, ever tighter,
Becoming strong
enough to move the world.