Stones, Wizard Award Options

[Guest_Nina_*]

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Celtic Castle Designs

Stones (revised - thanks Alan, James and Fran)

As I walk towards you
a stone catches my gaze.
Picking it up,
I feel its presence
weighting in my hand.

Silken surface,
polished smooth
by weathering through time.
Dark, ebony hues give
hint of inner mystery.
Tiny imperfections
enhance character.

Lonely silence,
broken only
by distant hum
of motorway traffic,
accompanies my steps.

I move onward;
passing so many rows
of scrubbed white stones,
stretching  so far
in geometric arrangement.

Finally, I reach you.

I place warm stone,
on cold, hard rim of
upright marble.
My tears fall freely

A trace of me
lies with you.

Notes:  In Jewish cemeteries no one brings flowers to put on graves.  Instead it is traditional to place a small stone on the headstone to signify that you have visited.  This tradition probably goes back to the time before headstones were commonplace when piles of stones were used to mark the location of a grave.

Motorway: The British word for freeway.


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Stones (original)

As I walk towards you,
a stone catches my gaze.
Picking it up,
I feel its presence
weighing in my hand.

Silken surface,
polished smooth
by weathering through time.
Dark, ebony hue gives
hint of inner mystery.
Tiny imperfections,
enhance character.

Lonely silence,
broken only
by distant hum
of motorway traffic,
accompanies my steps.
I move onward;
passing row upon row
of scrubbed white stones,
which stretch for miles
in geometric arrangement.

Finally I reach you.

Tears fall freely
as I place warm stone,
on cold, hard rim of
upright marble.

A trace of me
now marks the place
where you lie
in earth below.

Notes:  In Jewish cemeteries no one brings flowers to put on graves.  Instead it is traditional to place a small stone on the headstone to signify that you have visited.  This tradition probably goes back to the time before headstones were commonplace when piles of stones were used to mark the location of a grave.
Nina

[Guest_Nina_*]

Hi Alan

A trace of me
rests within you

?

or with you ....

mmm, not within you, but maybe with you.

thanks