The Rock

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There is no distance between you.

You are one with the stone dropped long ago on a hill

It stands exposed and you of all should see

The sun warms well, but does not burn.

Wearing the ice of winter winds and lit by lightning in the dark

Ever, ever water rolls down, unperceived but cold

Yet you will come.

You have never rested your feet and the weight of your body has not lain out

The strains and vibrations of your song have not been felt

Your blood has not coursed and left the warm lingering like the clasp of your hands

Your musky scent has not wafted, evanescent from the surface

It has never budged

The grains of the stone have not dazzled your eyes

But you have been loved all these ways

In the quiet times alone, I have tasted your soul

My mind has caressed you and held your thoughts as mine

I have bid goodnight while you slept and

Tears have run like a fracture spring

For a thousand years the stone waits unchanged

Unswayed for a thousand more the love lives in these words

Durable as weathered stone.

The Rock - The Courage of Intimacy by Keith Ainsworth                                                                                                                                                                         22