Hour 19, "Borne..."

2023 Poetry Marathon, Hour 19

Hour 19

9/3/2023

 

"Borne..."

 

What do you carry?

Where, why…

and it means?

 

I carry a life-worn stone…

It "said" hi to me

…from a box behind the vendor -

that box was closed too,

and when the vendor asked

I told him which stone

and of its being alone in its section,

and only THEN did he open that box.

And damned but he understood - and smiled.

…A rare one he is, was, may still be.

 

There was energy when I "touched" it.

And the voice has followed me through

the years… still does - and, ya know,

I still can't duplicate its knowing laugh.

 

Chris

(C) Chris Twyford 9/3/2023

 

Author's Note

Feel free.