Three Stones

Brighton, UK - Nic - Tuesday, January 24th, 2006 : goo

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Three Stones

I found three stones on the beach today.
On our walk - me and Ted -
Black stones all three,
With markings, each one
different, in every way.

One is splashed and spotted with milk and smoke
and shaped - a sort of toe!
Another is blacker, squeezed and tied as if with string,
contorted into shape.
Christmas, overweight.

The third, an afterthought
Took me by surprise.
A perfect speckled lozenge, nestled in my hand,
It fits my palm and comforts me
So cool and smooth my stone.

A walk along my beach
A struggle, a joy, a chore
Three stones, today my trophies
Yesterday ignored.

Nic Collins - beach musing!

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Nic: I think any stone is one! - nice one

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