aggregate of time and chance...fragile balance....fleeting trance...thrown from the earth...a cosmic hurl...each grain a story...each grain a pearl...they settle and shift...silent sigh...beneath watchful...ever-searching sky...with crows in flight...crow's caw...a mournful sight...the aggregate speaks...whispered tone....dialogue deep...soul unknown...beside itself...paradox profound...every stone...a universe found...wind....whisper...gentle hand...the cold...a bite...stark command....the heat...a furnace...a fiery breath...the earth...a tremor...harbinger of death...yet...they endure...this fragile heap...story of forces dark and deep...silent vigil...cosmic scene....reminder to what might have been...