Lapidary Comments

I am lovin today's word!  Lapidary (adjective): Of or pertaining to the art of cutting stones or engraving on them.  Also engraved in stone. Or, even better, of or pertaining to the refined or terse style associated with inscriptions on monumental stone.

Sometimes the best things are said simply, from the heart.  I have a friend with whom I have recently grown a lot closer.  This friend is a tough nut to crack, or a difficult person to be close to.  But we recently reached a new level of friendship and I am in/closer to the "circle of trust."*  And I forget how sometimes it is the gestures from usually stoic people that really knock you over with the weight of their meaning.  I won't go into much more detail because it is personal and this is the internet, but today's word reminded me of that kind of feeling.

Though your face was smooth and hard
Like a finely carved marble statue.
Though you still had not fully let down your guard
I believed your lapidary explanation "because I love you."