Mark Scrivener Poetry Blog No 8 Wind and Stone

WIND AND STONE

This short poem was partly inspired by reading Christina Rossetti's poems Who Has Seen the Wind and The Emerald is as Green as Grass. It was also influenced by the Tao Te Ching (the weak and soft overcomes the strong and hard). Patience could also be part of its theme and it was titled so in the NSW School Magazine on editorial request, though I prefer the original title that does not limit the meaning of its metaphor as much.

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WIND AND STONE

The wind that blows against the cliff

Is only breath, so weak yet swift,

But carrying some grains of grit,

Like tiny hammers, to fling at it.

Thus bit by bit it wears away

The silent, stony face of gray.

The wind is weak, the stone is tough…

But being tough is not enough.

Forever comes the wind to play

And bit by bit wears it away.

The stone is strong, the wind is thin-

But in the end the wind will win.