Smoothe as marble, silken, cool;

Sinuous veins curved in a lines, metallic grooves;

Marks in time, as tectonic plates move;

Traces locked in strata, history running through.

Hard as granite, wild weather worn;

Quartz crystal flecks glistening in the Sun;

Risen from the depths of Earth, to tower above;

Land stretching out from mountains, rocky hills and tors.

Cold as slate, thin, foliated, sharp edged;

Made from mudstone, volcanic ash, clay;

Flat, straight, fine grained, split in layers;

Raindrops dripping down from grey roof tiles.

Strong as a rock, mega metamorphic stock;

Molton minerals, plasma, dissolved gas;

Volcano rivers run red, life lost in their path;

Slowing down, cooling, future furtile ground.

Stone carved, engraved, polished, ground;

Stone touched, felt, held, admired;

Stone igeneous, sedimentary, metamorphic, hard;

Chrystalline energy, spiritual synergy, healing power,

Sue Cartwright

Spiral Leaf

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