Alluvial Appeasement

My body is granite, deep and strong

My veins are slick quartz

Running deep within me

And my blood, it runs golden.

I flex in the rain and the wind

I flex in the heat and the cold

And as I flex, little pieces of me

Slough off and fall loose

Little bits of my quartz veins

Flecks of my golden blood

Slough off and fall loose

For miners to wash loose

And scrape up

And gain my gold, my golden blood.

Those who know me

Know my ways

Learn to seek down inside me

Find the source

Of all the bits

Of all the flecks

That slough off and fall loose

They learn to sink right down inside me

And bring up deep buckets

Of my golden blood

My priceless golden blood

To refresh their souls.

What is their sacrifice?

Their pain and suffering

Their joy and pleasure

Their time and dedication

Themselves.

 

Posted by She Wolf