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Upon this Rock
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By Charles Van Gorkom
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UPON THIS ROCK

 


Hard bones rise from edges of the sea,
slippery descending walls of stone,
smooth, rounded, grooved
refuge for tenacious life,

underestimated by iron hulls
wrecked upon them,
by waves of centuries
smashed upon them,
they rise, skeleton of the world
at low tide.

Not cultures, nor cities
in all their fine millenia
sail through them undestroyed.

What countless waves,
scouring sand,
wear of weakness away,
leave sculpted bones
skeleton of one unchanging,
original word.


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Submitted: Saturday, December 6, 2008

Last Updated: Sunday, December 7, 2008

About the Poet
I am a bootmaker-poet. My wife and I live in British Columbia, Canada. See www.hikingbootshandcrafted.com I want to surprise my readers with a glimpse of the beauty of God, His mercy and grace.


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