Skipping Rocks

I would skip

     rocks

with my feet plunged into moss

curl my toes underneath mud

grip myself

turning a stone over in my hand

weighing it with every rotation

to make sure it wouldn’t just

                       plunk

to the bottom of the brook

though if it did

it would not be lonely

because there are plenty of others

who have

sunk

        to the

                    bottom

and nestled themselves

even after they’ve skidded the rapids.

TDM