exploitation
 

in due course, rocks
discover themselves.

from ooze, tense
from grain, press
to form aspire.

some flex yes, some give.

but exposure finally comes
upon which water, ice, and
daily leach of cool in morn,
evening, heat must
seams alert,
find and siege,
flaws exploit
crystal cleave
glues expire.

as rock to
earth retires.