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ENGRAVED WITHIN

Within these walls

sacred mysteries unfold,

each carving engraved within,

legends and stories told

of adventures and deities,

treasures held within the stone

as I try to unlock them,

each mystery one by one.

And I stop to consider them,

these legends in stone,

as becoming one with each carving,

each paddle and each canoe,

I sail with them and the sea turtles,

the wind empowering my sails;

for I can only imagine

how it must have been

and what it was like

to be one of them,

adventures unfolding,

empowered by the waves

with the wind at my back

and sailing out to sea.

(c) barbara kausteklis 6-23-11

Written for CPC “Thematic Attic/Petroglyphs.”