As a Stone
As a Stone:
Still as a stone in a field
Covered with lichen and moss,
Curdled by drivel and dross,
Seeming as dead and congealed;
Still as a stone in a field
Wakened by farmer and beast,
Weathered by notice, deceased,
Often as low and concealed
Still as a stone in a field
Watching more closely than me.
I am the farmer; I am the beast.
The stone is a poem: a vigilant priest --
Mediator, I forget
Teacher, I rebuke
Prophet, I don’t see.
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