I grasped a pebble in my hand
one small piece of a mighty land
a tiny spot where men had trod
lying deep in dirt and sod
snuggled there in ages past
no one dared this stone to cast
but leaving it...quite undisturbed
in it's silent resting place
like the others of its race
then suddenly there came a boy
who took from me the stone
and cast it far into the sea
leaving it there to fend alone
far away from it's treasured home
and then he left the sea and sun
never realizing what he'd done
