A Pebble by Jason Vanderlaan

A Pebble

by Jason Vanderlaan

What is this pebble

That has plopped

Into my perfect pool

Of peaceful ponderings?

What is this stone

That has shaken

The still surface

Of my sheltered serenity?

Reverberating ripples

Rush through my heart,

Reminding me

It only takes a pebble.

Turbulent tremors

Thrash through my thoughts,

Telling me

It only takes a stone.

And in a single moment

Everything can change.