Stone of hardened hearts is found
And trucks leave the quarry
Securely lining driveways
Like a buried will
Excavate to see the years
As wet saws leave their mark
Boulders decorate a field
Like how trees budge and bark
Squeeze the stone with temperature
And ice vacates the sides
The crystal fortress of solitude
Clears a hiding place
Turn the stone and daylight
Will surely show the lack
Of light deprived and weight suppressed
What takes years to grow back
When surrounded by this heart
Walls rise to the occasion
Navigate by Jeep or give
Someone your location
Dynamite and rocky rain
Ricochets from hardened hats
And perforates umbrellas
Of the unprepared mass
The image is from Stephan Gessert on unsplash.
note: Light metaphor play and exploring rocks and the "heart of stone" concept.
Beautiful poem congratulations