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We Live Among the Stones
We live among the stones
Some rounded and smooth
Others sharp and jagged
Stones fresh and raw from upheaval
Laid bare by heat and pressure
Scorched and Broken
Stone surrounding the fossils of life
Embedded ancient remains
Relationships yet to be excavated
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Stones in the river of life
Hard yet rounded smooth
Shaped by the flow of life
Stones cut and shaped to perfection
Stacked and fitted with keystone and arch
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Support and strength for all above
Stones of beauty shaped with loving hands
Smoothed and polished
Exquisite beauty stately and cold
Stones of hurt hurled to harm
Smashing killing with devastating force
Leaving only piles of rubble behind
Stones of moraine crushed under ice
Laid bare by the receding foot
Cold snow pack fading fast in the sunlight
Precious stones forged with extreme heat
Pressures that forever change…
Leaving a greater metamorphic glory
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Stones of love left in sweet memory
Of loved ones gone // lying among the stones
Now only names carved in stone
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We are all precious stones
Jewels in our creator’s crown
Reflecting love and grace
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Photos: Dwight L. Roth
For d’Verse open link night we can post any poem of our choosing. I chose this one because it describes how we live among so many and diverse peoples of the world. It also has personal connotations that apply to us as individuals as well.
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Here is another post on rocks from a spiritual perspective by fellow blogger David Alleman at Compost and Grace.
https://uplandweb.wordpress.com/2018/02/24/on-being-chips-off-the-old-rock/#respond