Standing Stones

Is it our past that we see
or the future yet to be,
Do these stones hold the key.
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Are lives that were now the starlight in the sky
Or the shadows from these stones that now remain.
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Deep in the forest did they pray to the sky
In their worship did the moon teach them to cry
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Was it religion they inscribed on these stones
Or are these just the graves for their bones
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Standing stones, heaven knows,
Standing here, long to remain,
Standing stones, forever,
You never wear away, wear away
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Blessed are these places
that remind us of our past,
More holy than the buildings we have made.
They felt the winter stained with sorrow and with pain,
their tears fell on these stones long to remain

© Clive Harvey