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The Stone and the Raindrop

Donald P. Goodman III

Version 1.0 (1E Jan 1203)

The world has webs beyond our merely mortal lore;

just as the stone which drops into the calmest pond

can never see the ripples spread from shore to shore

and lap upon the mud that lays so far beyond;

and as the raindrop, falling on the arid soil

and black'ning it with moisture cannot see the ends

which rise from all its self-destroying, loyal toil,

nor know the many sprouts and growth to which it tends;

so no man can e'en hope to see with mortal eyes

what thoughtless chore or conscious deed to cruel fate lends:

for he who claims to see these circles clearly lies;

we must entrust all ends to Him Who turns the skies.

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