my dad understood
the language that rocks speak
and befriended them
he was fluent in
mountain, rock, forest, star, tree
listened to them all
the week he died
I showed him my rock friends
he respected them
after he was dead
I received a package
full of granite chunks
granite connects us
sure as DNA and love
granite mountainsides
my only regret
not sharing rock friends sooner
while we still had time
