Step Aside Shakespeare

XXVI

I am a pebble by a shining star,

A grain beside the rolling, foaming sea,

An atom of the cosmos near and far,

A leaf adrift in the boundless lea.

I am a pebble by high mountains, rare,

A bolt within bridges to distant lands,

A whisper in the winds yond swiftly fare,

A spidering crack amongst shifting sands.

I am a pebble by endless black space,

A fleeting moment in eternity,

A flicker in time's intricate embrace,

A fragment in life's vast and wondrous plea.

I am a pebble 'neath the great expanse,

A part of all, merely a fleeting glance.