Stone and Men

Cold exposed rock
   like angular chiseled
   cheeks of young men
Hard yet moss covered
   strength
   and constancy
Anchored to a continent
   suppressing hidden turmoil
   the upheaval below
Tectonic shifting
   the mysteries
   and the flash –
point angry explosions
   of volcanic magnificence
behind the placid stone surface
Bones of ages 
   markers of past millenniums
   that if chipped away
remain the same