A Memory Etched in Stone

the sun set
the golden-green rays
the red warmth calmed my heart
it glowed like a pearl
talked to me in a silent voice
it told me some stories
the stone told me a story

it had been a child once of purple turqouise like skin
casting a glow like feathers of a peacock-inky blue,cherry maroon,
watery green,crisp golden and silvery ray
it whispered some secrets
some long-lost tales
it spoke of beauty
it spoke of love
a young girl who had giggled here with her friends
a handsome boy who had held his girlfriend and planted kisses on her cheek

it spoke to me of sadness
it spoke to me of tears
someone had uprooted a scarlett rose bush
the sky had cried.it had poured it’s sorrow in a large flood of blue and white
the grey sky’s grief had turned it’s smooth purple turquoise colour to a mourning black

it spoke of happiness
it spoke of dreams
the sun had shone
glorious and fiery
titillating and scary
orange blossom had risen out of it’s cracks
it’s crevices had sheltered a life

a world was being woven
the black shining onyx like skin
had felt the touch of a promise
a hidden promise which was stored in it’s depth
now lost forever
because the lovers who lay there never woke up from their dreamy heaven

it spoke of longing
it spoke of forgetfulness
the baby had longed to scoop the green water to catch the silvery rays
the mother had longed for safety-the safety hich it’s chalky exterior had provided to her
the safety which she never felt at home,the security which eluded her

it had started losing it’s companions one by one
those who spoke to it,listened to it,sat on it had gone
the old white-bearded gentleman with his ambling pace
had been forgotten in a fast moving world
left behind,he had withered away
never to be found again

it spoke to me for the final time
the dawn like grey stone told me that it was tired
it wanted to rest
it’s cracky bloody veins wanted peace
so,it was time for me to leave

i wanted to visit it again
bid it a final farewell,but  never could

For him, I was a memory
A MEMORY ETCHED IN STONE…

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