PETRIFIED WOOD

I am strength, I am heritage, I am memory

Like the strong tree I once was, I am a symbol of life, made permanent by Mother Earth.

I am an echo,

A remembrance.

Can you imagine what I once was?

A towering tree, sure and strong,

Welcoming birds onto my boughs,

Shading the ground below me.

I was powerful, resplendent;

I still am.

I am a life, hardened into permanence,

More beautiful through my transformation.

A perfect imprint of myself,

Forever displaying what once was.

Like a tree, I am connected, 

Rooted to my own past.

I am strength, I am heritage, I am memory.

I am Petrified Wood.