PETROGLYPH
When first
this native carved this rock,
This stone, the skeleton of
the planet,
Though he had the motivation
of the purist art,
Beauty as well as communication,
Representation of the sacred
Residing in the mundane,
The symbolism, at best now
guessed at,
Has become a poetry subtly felt.
The beauty has been amplified
By the embrace of nature,
The tempering of the
weathers,
The addition of blues and greens and
grays--
Mosses and lichen--a
collaboration
Of an ancient graffiti artist and the
earth.
