The Stone in the Pot

He put a stone in the pot and said, what else have you got? They laughed, but they brought things. A root from a difficult year. Salt from a marriage. The last of something they hadn’t meant to share. He stirred it all together and called it a kingdom. They believed him because it tasted like theirs. He has done this ten thousand times. He will do it ten thousand more. The stone is still in there. It always was. That was never the point.

The fire was yours. I just stayed warm beside it.