By The Hoof Of The Wild Goat

by Rudyard Kipling — a poem card from Justes Mots

A brief, haunting meditation on a stone's fall from cliff to dark tarn, exploring themes of fate, isolation, and divine judgment. Kipling questions whether the stone bears moral culpability for an inevitable outcome. The poem's sparse, repetitive language creates profound melancholy, suitable for contemplating loss and the unknowability of suffering's purpose.

"To Be Filed For Reference", Plain Tales From the Hills



By the Hoof of the Wild Goat uptossed
From the cliff where she lay in the Sun
Fell the Stone
To the Tarn where the daylight is lost,…

Themes: sympathy · grief · reflection