Aden Thomas
And You, a Skipping Stone
Someone chose a stone
near the shore
from a billion other stones
and engraved your initials.
It may have taken several days
or a week or more.
No one remembers just how long
they heard the etching above the water's edge.
The stone was eventually thrown
across the water,
each skip
a pulse over water's veins.
Live your life above the water
with an infusion of the air.
Live your life below the water
with the weight of prophecy.
Bio
Aden Thomas has published widely over the last two decades and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. His first book of poems, entitled What Those Light Years Carry, was published in 2017.