Life's Sea Stones

Some the color of gray and knotty sea green Smooth to the touch as they rest in waters of seaweed Some with happy faces clustered in mounds Some without smiles wearing frowns Some sadly withered and worn down from their journey All of them here and gone for a lifetime and a eternity Some carry a message and a voice to be heard Rippling fluidly like a poet writing their words Some broken and scorned and afflicted beyond recognition Some searching endlessly for their lifelong mission Some shaped round and bright as the moon Some shaped like teardrops heard wailing with the loons Some washed away never to return, then some do Life’s stones of the sea rolling wildly in the blue