Rock

Boulders, silent witnesses
of all that has been
before our little busy time,
before our births and deaths,
before our triumphs and tragedies,
before our claim to own it all
or know it all--
bones of earth rising to light,
monoliths of endurance,
these rocks say something, quietly,
say to us:
Patience.
Wait.

--Timothy Haut, Feb. 19, 2016