Love Poem: Heart-Shaped Stones
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Written by: Mark Peterson

Heart-Shaped Stones

Strewn beneath my shuffling feet,
they lie in peace at water’s edge—
polished stones of shape replete
atop and side by side they wedge. 

Searching now and then I find
a sight so rare, my gaze transfixed. 
Amid the coarse and unrefined
lies treasure in between and twixt. 

A mermaid’s love lies nestled there,
brought ashore in dead of night. 
Heart-shaped stones she placed with care—
a gift for us of truth and light. 

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