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Something Softer Than Stone

Something Softer Than Stone

we can walk the beach

holding hands loosely

enough to let go

looking out at the sea

watching it move

in waves

in tides

like a heartbeat

that forgot how to be one thing

i can stand before any tide for you

you only have to feel it

the reel

of the past

worn smooth

by water that doesnt remember being angry

still turning

underneath

because thats what tides do

they dont just carry love

they carry weight

somewhere below the current

there are stones

rubbed raw

rock          against          rock

waiting

for something to touch them gently

for once

to eat away

at what has built up

until the stone is bare again

until it is free

even a rock

wants to live like that

untouched by what clings to it

carried by the same tide

that used to mean

only love

so who are we

if not something softer than stone

still waiting

to be worn free

we are human

we deserve that too

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  1. sheknowsallblog Avatar
    sheknowsallblog

    The image of stones rubbed raw against each other before finally being touched gently is the most honest thing I have read about what unhealed pain actually feels like. Not dramatic. Not loud. Just two wounded things wearing each other down in the dark beneath the surface while above everything looks like just another tide coming in.

    And then that final turn.

    So who are we if not something softer than stone. Still waiting to be worn free.

    That line does not ask for sympathy. It asks for recognition. The acknowledgment that being human means carrying weight that water has not reached yet. That somewhere beneath what we present to the world there is still something raw and real and waiting not to be fixed but simply to be touched without agenda. Without adding more weight. Just the tide. Just the gentle wearing away of everything that was never really us to begin with.

    We are human. We deserve that too.

    Yes. We do. And thank you for writing the poem that finally said it.

    — Khadija | @sheknowsall.blog

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    1. Frain Chakrit Avatar
      Frain Chakrit

      Thank you so much Khadija for taking the time to read my poem and share your thoughts. You captured everything I wanted to express. I really appreciate it 🙂

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