Minerals deposit over time
Grouping grotesquely and leaving something sedentary
Carved by unstoppable mutes
The rock is I
Kick myself
Skip myself
But typically I just sit on some other limestone shelf
Don’t ask for favors
This pebble grants no wishes
Picked up by an unsuspecting stranger nursing the ignorance of a maternal instinct
She expects the thing to react to nurture and be
Breathed life into
By love
And shelter
But mother don’t drag about the carcass of one million decomposed beasts
On a leash
As if it could ever be more than a chunk of what was once a mountain
Not even mountains make their own attempts to become alive
And neither should I
Grouping grotesquely and leaving something sedentary
Carved by unstoppable mutes
The rock is I
Kick myself
Skip myself
But typically I just sit on some other limestone shelf
Don’t ask for favors
This pebble grants no wishes
Picked up by an unsuspecting stranger nursing the ignorance of a maternal instinct
She expects the thing to react to nurture and be
Breathed life into
By love
And shelter
But mother don’t drag about the carcass of one million decomposed beasts
On a leash
As if it could ever be more than a chunk of what was once a mountain
Not even mountains make their own attempts to become alive
And neither should I