petroglyphs

We were exploring one of the Gulf Islands last fall and came across
some very old petroglyphs, barely distinguishable so worn they were,
but very evocative in an open glade, surrounded by cedars …

PETROGLYPHS

the grief and pain                                       
of a generation
who danced their ending
among these cedars

heartbreak carved
in rock
in a forest glade

leaving footprints
to be read
by descendants

I come    listen
and take their experience
into my own silence

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