Stone

I wasn't here

I was on another planet where I wasn't born out of reptilian slime

Where I was barely able to perceive my existence

Where the dark was formed by something other than oxygen

Where I was part of a mountain

I fell off the summit

Sloughed off in an avalanche

I was rough and sharp

But I fell to the bottom of a great expanse of liquid that was something like water

Sank to the bottom slowly and settled amoungst other stones

Comforting in the darkness

And how bouyant my weight felt

Letting time slowly smooth me down

And eventually I dissolved

I was just particles

Dispersed over great distances

Where eventually I came to rest

My atoms and minerals shining like diamonds across the planet

So I could see the whole sky sparkling back at me all at once