Encrypted Stone

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Large, granite wall,

Encrypted with writing,

Filled with names,

I stare on in what seems a lamplight

Muffled murmurs pillow your black shores,

Carved names,

A displayed wreckage in the water

How far are we in the sea of time,

Yet I hear you whisper in my ears

Your names rush through in rapid fire

Like trying to catch wind with my bare hands

I see your smiles,

I share one with you.

I know you for a moment and then

You whisp away

When I leave the pressure ceases

And the light returns.

I shake my head and turn around

But the granite wall is gone.


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