Among the Stones

Among the manicured stones,

   sentinels of the silence

     stand to speak to mortal men.

        Like Dives they seek to speak  

          to admirers of the stones

who see not what is to see.

 

"Come, mortal one," they say.

    "Walk among us, read our words.

       Know that one day you shall lay

          here beneath us in a place

            not desired, but made certain

on the very day of birth."

 

Midst the silent stones of earth 

    comes another silent voice,

      "Look not here," it boldly says,

          "the stones speak not a last word,

            they only hold emptiness

for Christ is risen, indeed!"