the sands
across the dunes of time
speak of histories
that do not first meet the eye
these sands
contain radioactive wastes
from old uranium mines
they also contain
microplastics, shattered beer bottles,
dinosaurs bones &
tiny bits of lime
they hold
remnants from even further back in time:
something not of this earth
that came from primeval skies
this moment now
ancient voices whisper
with sounds
fading in and out of time
