Skipping Stone
Dot-plot-dot across the pond
disrupting smooth surface blue.
Wake checks wake, circles break
and go arm in arm to shore.
The parts separate like egg and yolk
and kiss against the bank.
Faces blank, minds numb and steps
by granite stones go to heaven.
Preacher’s words catch air,
people almost hear, and stones
along two paths breathe in and out
as one fades and one remains on earth.
Dot-plot-dot across the pond
disrupting smooth surface blue.
Wake checks wake, circles break
and go arm in arm to shore.
The parts separate like egg and yolk
and kiss against the bank.
Faces blank, minds numb and steps
by granite stones go to heaven.
Preacher’s words catch air,
people almost hear, and stones
along two paths breathe in and out
as one fades and one remains on earth.