Rock, the star

A rock can be a mountain,

and mountain becomes a rock

when shadows

come ahead of you

and the fiesty Sun behind

grips you at the ankles

it consumes

your smallness

that tallness

then purges

the mountain

and you, the rock.

At that step,

do turn around

and leave

the shadows behind

just run up to the Sun

through sweat and singeing skin

does that change the facts?

For some.

As the shadow then

gets to tail you

and before it

nails you

at the next pile of rubble

you have left 

the mountain far

and you,

the rock

now, a hurtling shooting star.

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