Weighted dark stone
Skipped just on the surface
Abandoned, unknown
Cascading, no purpose
Magnet lure of the sand
With concealing intentions
Overthrown by your hand
Demanding my redemption
Haul me past the resistance
Lighten up my dark surface
More buoyant with distance
It is you; you're my purpose
Explore past this shell
Reveal all that's been hiding
When faced with my protest,
Test and stay beside me
Maintain what you've shown
Trust in the temporary
Though such heavy a stone
You've enlisted to carry
Let me live in your wisdom
For I fear what's beneath me
I beg you not to question
I plead for you to keep me
Storm by storm, hit by hit
Avalanches of boulders
Falling fast down upon us
And landing on your shoulders
Shielding me from their aim
One more crack, I’d be dust
You were never to blame
You are all that I trust
If ever you sent me back
Skipped me clear across the sea
I'd succumb to the black
Just a stone, I would be
I'd give in to the ocean
To the sand, I'd surrender
I'd harden without you
My heart’s only contender
But if you turn the tide
Like the sun, sure and sturdy
Pull me in and I'll thrive
Like the moon, I'll be worthy
For you are my touchstone
All I've known to be true
And I, merely gravel
If ever without you
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