Drip-Stone

Rain soaks earth through hidden vein
Vein droplets calcify no longer rain
Grown into glittering, fingers of drip-stone
Drip-stone drops and new forms are grown
Sup from beneath the down from the up
Up they climb the more rain they sup.

By Sarah ©2018

Author’s Note: The Mirror Sestet, created by Shelley A. Cephas, is a poem that can be written in one or more stanzas of 6 lines each. The specific guidelines for this form are as follows:

The first word of line 1 rhymes with the last word of line 1.
The first word of line 2 is the last word of line 1
and the last word of line 2 is the 1st word of line 1.
The first word of line 3 rhymes with the last word of line 3.
The first word of line 4 is the last word of line 3
and the last word of line 4 is the 1st word of line 3.
The first word of line 5 rhymes with the last word of line 5.
The first word of line 6 is the last word of line 5
and the last word of line 6 is the 1st word of line 5.

Prompt: Olivante Poetry, #NaPoWriMo 2018 – Image 24