When great dinosaurs walked
\nOn the planet
\nSome 2 million long years ago
\nWhat we now see
\nIs a petrified forest
\nA realization
\nA show
\nOf treasures
\nAnd Geological splendour
\nA great painted desert
\nWhere we
\nSee petrified tree trunks
\nAnd fossil remains
\nAnd the colours
\nAre so beautifully
\nSwept up by light
\nAnd by what is
\nA miraculous sight for to see
\nInteractions of minerals
\nHermetically sealed
\nRed hills a blue sky and the scree<\/p>\n
Arizona can boast
\nGeological layers
\nFederal protection in place
\nSome of the specimens lying about
\nPainted by aeons of grace
\nThey must have been some 60 metres in length
\nGiants searchin out the light
\nAnd now turned to stone
\nLayers built up on trunks
\nOf every conceivable tone<\/p>\n
If we think back as mortals
\nBack to the time
\nWhen great trees grew out of the
\nVery rich slime
\nGreat reptiliam souls
\nStanding tall to the sky
\nWhose bodies embedded in rock
\nNow do lie
\nWith petrified tree trunks
\nAll over the place
\nAnd where light and where wind
\nSculptures art in our face<\/p>\n
3785 sq miles
\nOf scant desert.
\nNorth of Arizona<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
When great dinosaurs walked On the planet Some 2 million long years ago What we now see Is a petrified forest A realization A show Of treasures And Geological splendour A great painted desert Where we See petrified tree trunks … Continue reading