Old Stones

Old Stones

From the walls of Machu Picchu clinging to the ridge over the Urubamba
to the mythical Sphinx guarding the necropolis of another time gone by,
Old Stones reach out.
Secrets fashioned by primitive hands with colossal desire.
From decorative Knossos encircled by pearlescent seas
to a cold cobbled Roman highway giving up its mysteries,
hidden until the here and now,
reminds us how conquerors marching, swept down to Isca at the coast.
People come and then they go,
But their spirit and history survive
Inclusions that capture time,
Old Stones cry out and keep their memory alive

Linda Prince