Fault Lines

This is the story of the amethyst geode, which lived in a corner for most of my life. Until it got dropped one day and cracked on its fault lines. Since then pieces have been given to people who are really close to my family and I.  3/6/14 Fault lines (amethyst geode): You were always whole. (Or rather, part of a whole) I wonder who had the other half. Was it discovered complete? Or with fractured parts, Never to have a twin. Years passed by, With the sunlight glittering on facets, Making rainbows on the wall A constant presence, You sat in the corner defying gravity Never budging, Requiring at least four strong men To move you, Bending their backs under your weight. A careless drop along fault lines Broken under pressure Scattering points across the sidewalk Landing on either side of the doorway. Left there for protection Mother grieved at its loss. It was a birth Of daughters and sons, Made mobile through a shedding of weight To travel all over the world In careful hands and bundled in suitcases To share with only those who really matter.

-Riley Quinn Farmery

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