Maya Sculpture

This is strength.

This firm carved rock

Cut to a measured length

Holds in a block

Pride and grief,

Passion unspent,

Life in austere relief

Made permanent.

Ask no more,

Seek not nor reach;

This meaning was before

A softer speech.

Words are sand

Slipping away-

Carve with a steady hand

What you would say.

Structure

16 lines · 4 stanzas