<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in;" class="">Something</div><div style="margin: 0in;" class="">Gathers</div><div style="margin: 0in;" class="">Us</div><div style="margin: 0in;" class="">Like pleats</div><div style="margin: 0in;" class="">In a curtain</div><div style="margin: 0in;" class="">Or knots</div><div style="margin: 0in;" class="">Inside a weave</div><div style="margin: 0in;" class="">Organising us</div><div style="margin: 0in;" class="">Into understanding</div><div style="margin: 0in;" class="">Words</div><div style="margin: 0in;" class="">Like these</div><div style="margin: 0in;" class="">As they are gathered</div><div style="margin: 0in;" class="">Into a poem</div><div style="margin: 0in;" class="">So that they can dive</div><div style="margin: 0in;" class="">Inside your eyes</div><div style="margin: 0in;" class="">And lead you</div><div style="margin: 0in;" class="">To that which</div><div style="margin: 0in;" class="">Gathers</div><div style="margin: 0in;" class="">And you will see</div><div style="margin: 0in;" class="">That</div><div style="margin: 0in;" class="">It was never really us</div><div style="margin: 0in;" class="">Doing any of this</div><div style="margin: 0in;" class="">So when it comes</div><div style="margin: 0in;" class="">To things unravelling, unpleating</div><div style="margin: 0in;" class="">Or dissolving</div><div style="margin: 0in;" class="">Remember too</div><div style="margin: 0in;" class="">It's that something</div><div style="margin: 0in;" class="">That is</div><div style="margin: 0in;" class="">Gathers</div><div style="margin: 0in;" class="">Us</div><div style="margin: 0in;" class="">Still</div><div style="margin: 0in;" class=""><b class=""> </b></div><div style="margin: 0in;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- Rachna Chowla</div></div></body></html>