Stone's Throw

Gray rock,
hard angles
held softly,
limns a journey -

cloud high
towers
turned to sand
by water's edge.

I am the fiery core,
mountain peak
sandy beach
and sea bed;

conflagration's
foundation,
and all the speckled,
stone-encrusted
minutes
rushing
ever outward;

a small rock
in the palm
of my own hand,
resting forever
in my own shade,
falling forever,
stone-tossed.

 

© Crane 2002



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