No one has ever truly counted.

Perhaps
a thousand.
Perhaps
ten thousand.

Carried forward by the tides,
it has weathered storms
and known days of calm.

It never chose a direction.
It simply lived through
each passing day with care.

Until one day,
it was discovered.

And so,
it left the ocean
and entered someone else’s life.

From that moment on,
it became part of
a wedding,
a journey,
a birthday,
or an unforgettable encounter.

Its life
began a new voyage.