take a stone, <br />from the beginning it was <br />a stone in form <br />and color and smell <br /> <br />and stone to stone <br /> it shall be stone <br />unless you take it <br />in your hand <br />and keep it warm <br />in the hold of your palm <br />and take it home with you <br /> <br />you talk to it <br />and then it becomes <br />beyond itself <br /> <br />now <br />it is not just a stone <br />but your beloved <br />your lover <br /> <br />you will discover <br />that its silence also speaks <br />in tongues<br /><br />RIC S. BASTASA<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-silence-of-stone-revised/
