By Your Side

Two common stones 

on a nest of rock 

tumbled together with every shock. 

The rushing race of surf and sand 

transforms our place, 

still we stand. 

The wash of waves, 

the swell and eddy 

carves us ‘round, but still we’re steady. 

Rough edges ground to a perfect fit, 

we nestle together 

and here we sit. 

Sprayed with salt, baked by sun,

in twilight’s calm 

we sit as one.

Through ebb and flow of every tide, 

I rest securely by your side.