summon summarize    


weathering games








This rock was just an ocean rock
The first time I encountered it

A rock that vaguely resembles another rock
I had known before

Familiar rock type and colors
But the ocean is not the sea






















Suddenly, 
she no longer stands in solitude

From the perspective of geologic time
this rock was once attached to a shore

Long ago, 
this mass of sediments and deposits 
was physically connected to the stage like coastal sedimentary formation
I am standing on


























Lead by curious aquatic melodies
I reluctantly detach from my physical self,
and drift 

Leaving behind 
for a moment, 
the present day’s troubles and stresses

They take me to realms beyond words
Leaving behind the logics of language




























The portal disappears 


and I go back to watching the rock and the water


playing weathering games













When the tide is low,
the waves twirl around it slowly,
drawing me in

On lucky days,
A gigantic swell consumes the rock with one splash
flooding the stone and its surroundings
in one spellbinding motion

Over time watching,
the water movement around the rock
opened portals into other temporalities
















External forces came together as such 
Eroding away small pieces
Time after time


What does time look like from the perspective of the rock?


Some days, 
borrowing energy from the sea’s momentum 
I sail and glide 
with coastal birds
























I follow migrating flocks of seagulls 
With synchronized wing flaps 
Gliding over tidal waves
With the support of drifting clouds 

From above, 
the water ripples form momentary mountain belts
rising from the belly of the wave
Bursting misty molten volcanoes 

Every now and then, 
water crashes into the rocky coast with a reverberating bang 
that I can feel beneath my feet
pulling me back to the present moment





















©larasaab