Why Rocks Do Not Sing
Alone
If you hold a blue rock
to your ear.
you will hear the ancient
river
that kept it as its heart.
The dry wind that used
it for its tongue,
and the earth that promised
it a mouth of fire.
A speckled rock is from
the dream
of a galloping appaloosa.
The herd sings its Ceremony
of Grass
and their dream-Stones
fly from their hooves
into the spattered sky.
A black rock has the Bear's
spirit caught
in its las sleep. The song
circles
the stone. giving it the
illusion
of fur.
All yellow rocks keep the
secret of Owls,
All green rocks are the
breaths of plants
singing in nightly joy.
A red fist-sized rock is
two lovers
as their bodies sing on
the
grass.
A gray stone naturally
honors our
ancestors.
It is a word from the common
language of the dead.
Keep the rocks.
Someday you will understand.
Rocks do not sing alone.
-unknown
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