Written piece
Where Each Thread Counts
Vandita Sharma
India
About this piece
The poem is about my country India where there is diversity, where each thread is unique yet the essence is same. They weave a vibrant tapestry depicting differet colours, cuisine, consonant, culture that are different yet similar as the heart binds and holds each one together.
Where Each Thread Counts
A thread that weaves
A thread that creates
A thread that cares
A thread that bonds
A thread that gives life to all.
A thread of red, orange and yellow is Raksha Sutra.
A thread that weaves beads in simarnee (Mala)
A thread of love and protection 'Raksha Bandhan'
A thread that brings relations to life.
A thread that is solid and strong, felt and unfelt,
A thread that describes yet still undescribed,
A thread that embraces differences
A thread that brings in hues and tints of colours, cuisine, consonant, culture
of love, peace and harmony
A thread of 'Atithi Devo Bhavo' that welcomes family, friends and strangers
A thread that binds each and every one through 'Vasudhaiv Kutumbukum'
A thread that connects the differences of each state
An invisible thread of love that flows, binds, holds
And brings to life a rich and vibrant tapestry
A tapestry that is my country 'India'