If one ugly pebble

Taken from the beach

Where it once was surrounded by others just a like it

Just a little less smooth and a little less perfect

If it was tossed into the sea

To join the other fallen stones

Would anyone really notice?

Would it even make a sound?

I’m sure there’d be a plop as it hit the water

Maybe a few rings would radiate from the impact

But after the fact

After that pebble has passed through the surface

No difference would be made to that shore

The same beach

Minus one ugly pebble