Stacking Stones

They began to see the value 
of stacking stones.
In places other than the malls
I noticed,
here and there, 
they began to build them
in yards
and at the ends of driveways.
Small towers,
of minimal pretension,
five or six or seven
high;
steady,
silent,
and meditative.
Through me there is a line, they say,
from earth's core to the stars,
and along it we are strung,
like beads on gravity's pendant.
You do not need to climb
or to descend.
Only witness.
Only feel our kinship.
Only contemplate.

July 13 2014