The Crystal Cathedral

The Crystal Cathedral A mile underground it rested A cavern as large as a football field as high as a house Hot as hell and as wet as the largest ocean it existed Thriving in a world that would kill life It grew and changed slower than a human can watch Minute crystals grown into pillars hundreds of feet long New crystals grew from the bodies of those who fell from their perch Unknown and unseen for a half a billion years it waited Opened by accident by ignorant men who changed you It was not their fault It was meant to happen Today’s world would not allow this cathedral to stay alone Samples were taken and sold to tourists Artificial light replaced the darkness of its home Air conditioning lowered the heat and moisture of the air Your world was destroyed More and more crystals fall and cover the cavern floor Eventually the church of crystal will again seal away from the world It will again grow and thrive at least for another half million years Or until another ignorant man has an accident And it will die another slow death at the hand of man