To Cast a Stone

To cast a stone
through clear streamed water

to the bottom where
it will gather moss
or churn in a current

is the stone that may rumble
through the underwater
highway

and rest or be rested upon
by another
or a perhaps a salmon

swimming upstream
to spawn
on yet another

and the stone will carry
with it
the story of its
life

with or without the sun

with or without the current

with or without the hand
that began its journey