We too, placed here
some while ago by hand of man
within this bowl of hills and sky,
we stones circle.
A living part of turning Earth
weather, lever, ice and waves,
chisel, frosts and Earth's deep fires;
all have shaped us.
Here in our place
beneath unbounded measured sky
we move still.
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