What a lovely tribute to the process that has become geology. There is much to be learned from the process of making stone.

Ron

once the unspoken is conceived and open to synaptic interpretation or the lack thereof, it is articulated ... even the stone comprehends itself; the mind of god observing its own properties ...

stimulating & well written ...

a probe that most writers and observers
would and do overlook; it is one of the jobs
of the poet to explore where words are not only used
but where they aren't used, where there's an alternative way
of sharing without words;
the observation/speculation in the opening three lines
is perfect

i love this, Odin

john

Odin,
I like this one too, just image the events these stones have outlasted.
Budd

i like what diana said, all things have a rythm. ~ Morgan

Washington State beaches are more rock than sand; and I have seen up close and personal the subjects of your study here, to know what you are saying. "this history of life's time," right there in spider veins of quartz and agate. "tumbled from nature's infant hand,' is exactly the feel of these sea-rounded stones. The mica, "lending sparks of light within" . And "traveling solo/traveling lonely" like orphans. Soft hush of a poem from the basement of time. ~~ Diana