The Rolling Stone
Explorer Extraordinaire
Is the rock of rocks
Tumbling over cliff
Overhang,
Scree flooding
Rivers meandering
To oceans
Unexpected transportation without struggle
Stone now a rubber-hitcher
Lodges itself in crunching tire tread
Takes the whirlwind travel
From mountain road
To superhighway
Where off-ramp spells
Truckstop
Weigh station
Tollbooth
Or Pacific highway rest stop
With tire at rest
Rock hops down from wedged hitchhike
Eventually blows down the embankment
To find purchase on the sandy shore
To be tumbled by tide to other shores
How fortuitous the find
A child’s hand
Picks isolated traveler
From the many polished pebbles
Sighting the sparkle
The glint
The carry forth of mountain granite
Its mica minerals
A gemstone for a child’s imagination
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world changes--some where, some how, some way. It's a big
responsibility to carry one down a mountainside.
Kudos to the poet!
Ron