Phase Transition

[hack]

the stones in my garden
all have names
I do not know them all
(we are not so intimate yet)
but we share a glance
now and then
and recognize, in the other
that one day we will be
less than dust

and perhaps more

[Delta40]

I like the short, simplistic fact you convey here.

[Bar22do]

Another discreet humble theme, for deep reflection... thank you, hack

[Babyguile]

Brilliant.

[MorpheusSandman]

One of those humble little gems of a piece. I used to think about all kinds of inanimate objects being my "friends" when I was young. Too bad we tend to lose that kind of imagination as life goes on.

[tailor STATELY]

Very zen-like poem prompting me to wiki and find information on the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/'Japanese rock garden' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_rock_garden) (something I vaguely remembered from somewhere).

I am curious why the ( ) in "(we are not so intimate yet)". It seems to create an imbalance to the flow of your poem [not the words but the mechanics of the line if you catch my drift]; like you're sharing an inside joke from without the poem to the reader - which works if that is your intention.

I look forward to more of your minimalistic masterpieces.

[hack]

Cousin,
It is an aside. This is where it comes from:
Yesterday morning I opened the front blinds
and noticed a reflection where the sun struck
a small piece of mica in the rock garden.
I said aloud, but to myself, "I don't remember
that rock." My wife remarked, "And do you
have them all named ?" The line you mention
is my reply to her.
Peace... Hack

[PrinceMyshkin]

the stones in my garden
all have names
I do not know them all
(we are not so intimate yet)
but we share a glance
now and then
and recognize, in the other
that one day we will be
less than dust

and perhaps more

If this were my own poem, I'd introduce a line space (as I have presumed to do above) to give that speculatively heightened thought more of a sense of the wondering, the uncertainty, the hope in it.