one rock

one rock
i was told that i was found under a rock
never a wonderful story about my birth
and when I question later
was told
it's just a joke
later still
when questioned
was told that i was making a big deal
out of nothing

nothing...

i have children and would never dream
of telling them
that they were from a rock
or joke about the saying of
that phrase

but it's the rock that
i'm fond of at the moment
for they are quite different
from me and
i am the happier for it

this rock must
tend to her pebbles
write them, call them
and i am the happier for it