At the end of the poem, Divakaruni says that the string unravels all the

way to release the woman's life "into its bright, weightless orbit." What metaphor is the

writer using here, and what is its effect?

This metaphor symbolizes that the woman feels free and is transported to a place without worries and with nothing to tie her down.

Explanation:

In this poem we can see a woman who takes her children to the park to fly a kite, but she takes the kite from her children and loses herself.

Apparently she is transported to her own childhood, she has no worries, she does not have a marriage or children. She is just happy.

This woman is lost in into its bright, weightless orbit and does not care what they say about her, although there are still people who judge her.