Pebble~

He found me

dreaming at the edge of a stream

of

consciousness

hollow

with gleaming little fish  kissing my indents

and sleeping in my shade

 

He lifted me

into his palm

put me in his pocket

with little thought

took me home

to sit beside the butterfly

pinned

to a velvet screen

touched by moonlight

through the window

where a lunar moth

looking in through the glass

fell in love with a luminescent pebble

 

In the morning

he put me back

in his pocket

hopped

on the streetcar

turning me over and over

between his fingertips

 

He forgot me there

a little girl found me there

took me home

to feed me to a pond

where a koi fish

would spend many hours

pulling me into his mouth

and spitting me back out

until one day

I was an idea

caught in his throat

and belly up

he kissed the sun with scales

exhaled me through his gills

between the dancing toes

of a heron

who gave me a silver glance

and whispered;

"Fate is a b***h, ain't it?"

I had to agree

and rolled on my back

 

 

 

 

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Reviews

[JelliFyshKissUs]

That pebble went through the most majestic sorrow and misfortune ever. I feel that many of us are pebbles in someone's world. But we are also priceless pearls in others', sat upon mantles or hung on golden chains to dwell in the bosom of their soul. And that is definitely what you and your writings are to me--precious, lustrous pearls I press against my heart.

[Peter Joseph Swanson]

A delight!

[Wolf]

very nice write selene keep it up

[Brad]

bahahahahhahahaa...that ending was sooooooooooo awesome...i love the way you tell a tale