Friday, August 20, 2010

The Wordless White Stone

I felt its calm power as I held it
and wished a wish I cannot tell.
It fit in my hand like a hand gently
holding my hand through a sleepless night.
A stone so like, so unlike
all the others it could only be mine.

The wordless white stone of my life!

-"Truro" from Worlding, Elizabeth Spires
http://www.amazon.com/Worldling-Elizabeth-Spires/dp/0393316289

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