Blue Stone
Today, he found a blue stone
and once again, his heart was broken.
His instincts said to toss it
furiously into the ocean
but, the red morning sunrise
brought forth numb and haunting memories.
A vision stood before him
an image of his wife, Natalie
smiling while rummaging
for sea-stones and finding a blue one
she presented it to him
as though it was a miracle-stone.
Since her life was endangered
and since both of them had hoped and prayed
for something or anything
he coddled her, though still terrified.
It was but a few short months
before she passed and he was alone.
Today, caught in memories
he reconsidered throwing that stone.
He remembered that her blue stone
had given her the hope to endure.
Now, he would place his blue stone
alongside hers, next to her picture.