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Silence in Passing
October 27, 2021
I tread on tan plains of shattered history
The cliffside stretched before me,
Rustling trees,
Silent rivers,
Silver clouds,
Beside me.
Darkness fell,
And the moonlight danced in the breeze
Stygian rivers echoed the plains,
A perfect counterpoint to the sunlit moon
Each stone was a note in an ossified song
Trilobites entombed in their rocky prisons
A field of black tombstones in tan shale
A symphony of death and night
Of song and stars
Bright stars stood watch over the scene
Illuminating the rivers,
The trees,
And the clouds.
Their light reached into every crack and crevice,
Bearing silent, eternal witness to the ancient cemetery
© Anonymous
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This piece was written about a moment on Burgess Shale in the Rocky Mountains. It's a wondrous place, where you can walk on rock and every stone turned over has fossilized remains.