I am a block of stone,

in the process of being,

carved by Dharmic hands,

Bodhisattvas and Buddhas create,

the future potential, to be.

 

I am not that of marble,

Cold, flashy and fragile,

nor that of sandstone,

easy to carve, easy to crumble,

neither am I flint stone,

hard, impenetrable, unyielding.

I am just good old stone –

nothing special.

 

The Buddhas and Bodhisattvas,

Carve my features,

Chip by grain,

they shape my,

future form.

Potential,

I can,

attain!

 

© Just Being 2012

By Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

Prince Siddhartha Gautama (Gautama Buddha) with moustache (Photo credit: Wikipedia)