its layers are like the strata
in an ancient riverbed.
If you go deep enough,
you'll reach the fossils
of prehistory--
and many other lives.
ᎠᏰᎸ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎩᏂᏠᏱ ᎠᏓᏅᏙ,
ᎾᏍᎩ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎩᏂᏠᏱ
ᎭᏫᏂ ᎯᎸᎯᏳᎢ ᎤᏪᏴ ᎥᎿᎢ.
ᎢᏳᏃ ᏂᎯ ᎭᎦᏔᏎ ᏰᎵᏊ ᎭᏫᏂᎮ,
ᏂᎯ ᎪᏩtᎣᏎ ᏅᏱᎩᏔ ᎢᏳᏍᏗᏗᏁ
ᎢᏅ-ᏧᏩᎫᏔᏅᏒ ᎥᎿᎢ--
ᎠᎴ ᎤᎪᏗᏗ ᏐᎢ ᎥᎴᏂᏙᎲᏗᏁ.
Text and image © 2019 by Donald C. Traxler.
