tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3030891416456334746.post3633809000291094855..comments2023-09-25T03:59:06.744-05:00Comments on Christian Taoism: What Stones KeepHK Stewarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08218522475926750437noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3030891416456334746.post-82767892492207781302012-12-12T21:34:56.104-06:002012-12-12T21:34:56.104-06:00GO TO CHARLES SIMIC:
Stone
BY CHARLES SIMIC
Go ...GO TO CHARLES SIMIC:<br /><br /><br />Stone<br />BY CHARLES SIMIC<br /><br />Go inside a stone<br />That would be my way.<br />Let somebody else become a dove<br />Or gnash with a tiger's tooth.<br />I am happy to be a stone.<br /><br />From the outside the stone is a riddle:<br />No one knows how to answer it.<br />Yet within, it must be cool and quiet<br />Even though a cow steps on it full weight,<br />Even though a child throws it in a river;<br />The stone sinks, slow, unperturbed<br />To the river bottom<br />Where the fishes come to knock on it<br />And listen.<br /><br />I have seen sparks fly out<br />When two stones are rubbed,<br />So perhaps it is not dark inside after all;<br />Perhaps there is a moon shining<br />From somewhere, as though behind a hill—<br />Just enough light to make out<br />The strange writings, the star-charts<br />On the inner walls.<br />Dr. Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17477774398775735186noreply@blogger.com