Stones

Brother Rufus McDougal offers this historical perspective of someplace he visited on one of his journeys around the world.

Stones

There are stones
      embedded in the road.
They are part of
      mountains that grew old.
What once were solid
      is now brittle and weak.
They have changed to a path,
      a paved avenue, a street.
Ancient routes that are
      scarred by deep ruts
are traveled now by tourists
      spending vacation bucks.
All things in the world
      move to a natural clock.
Changes are an ordered factor
      in a world that won’t stop.