lean silent 'gainst the sun,
disdain the water's arrogance.
A boastful travelor,
water has been everywhere
claiming dominance.
The rocks stand by
their proud techtonic heritage
defining more than continents.
Water's nonsense is
incessant drivel, feigns signifigance,
pretends invincibility, divinity.
These silent rocks
unburdened of the need to mystify,
relate no legends' myths.
simple thermal condensate
dew silver decks grass and leaf
before the morning light.
Daybreak pushes back the dark,
reveals damp footprints, scaled notes
of rabbit's song n shadows of the garden fence.
On the mantle a clay jar
with my father's ashes waits for mine
as soon as I finish writing this poem.