Evolution’s Stronghold

From mountain rock to valley scree

The journey begins

High atop a rugged peak

Where the air thin,

Calm,

Temperamental,

 Or violent.

The mountain summit stands resolute.

Time’s sentinel.

A carving of wind and weather

Ushered in by the relentless march of seasons

Holding its ground steadfast.

The pride of its monument endurance

Constantly on display.

But stone is vulnerable

Yielding to the whisperings of erosion,

The many visits of rain

Ice

And sun.

Piece by piece, rock crumbles,

Fragments break free,

Tumbling down gravity’s persistence,

A dance forward from mountain rock

To valley scree.

Nature’s journey of transformation,

Where becoming something new,

Remains still segments of the whole.

On the valley floor,

Scree lies in a scattered mosaic of the mountain as sire,

Each stone part of the story

Where fragments of memory

Form a tapestry of inevitable change,

A testament to the workings of time

And the layered beauty of impermanence

As it continues the cycle of sharing

The Grand Plan of Nature

Allowing the strongest shades of evolution

To eventually let go.