Updated: Apr 20, 2024
We shouldn't personify inanimate objects
It's patronising and they don't like it
On my morning foreshore walk
I met a stone,
grey and worn like me
but a curious shape
and comfortable in my palm.
Each hand wanted a turn to hold
as he warmed to my company,
breaking the solitude,
following me all the way home
where he now sits among intricate shells
and other seaside treasures
and answers to the name, Estonia.
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