Skim a Stone

Skim a Stone.
.
There was never any forgiveness.
although I remained hopeful.
You were cold. A stone -
smooth to the hand.
.
Later I'd skim it out
over the pond,
watch it bump the water
like a bird dip to land.
The Kites come -
/
afraid to leave the flight path.
Weary of the journey, dark to
light, sunshine to sunrise.
.
A feathered rat with ump;
too complex to understand,
how you felt, how you feel.
.
Where I am - where you are.
You flew, as free as they are,
and they bring messages to me.
"Danger, watch out!" chirp,
.
"She says don't worry," chirp, chirp.
Each year I'll skim a stone
every year they'll all take wing.
.
We never met: never spoke.
The conspiracy of silence
melts away our differences,
.
and in the end the stone skims
a pointless path in water.