a stone before me

I place a stone before me,
and wonder about its history,
its beginnings,
its formation and reformations,
in the earth,
and its origins before there was an earth.

I look at this stone
and wonder about the universe,
and gods and beings before me.

This stone existed before I was
and will exist long after I am.
It deserves my attention,
so I place this stone before me
and wonder...