If you throw a stone
How quickly do the ripples fade?
Do you even notice them lapping
At your feet?
The reaction
To being disturbed
What if there was no reaction?
What if the stone just vanished?
No splash, no waves, no ripples, no sign
Just…
Silence
Mirror finish on inscrutable depths
Is it a good thing?
This black hole against intrusions
Enigmatic void
Would you throw another? Throw harder?
Turn and limp away?
Or stay
And nod
In tacit acknowledgement
Of where I am
