Alone Again, Naturally

A green eye nestled between faceless,

slate

stones

sits-

as lonely as a mountain.

Beaten, stained,

and abused

by the wandering wind,

it

crumbles into sand

 that rests

beneath the heaviness of the ocean.

I am a rock.

“Along the Ocean Floor” by Angie Hoover-Hillhouse

Artwork: Thief of the Sun by Tijani Djindjic