Eternity Calls To Me

I just saw an eagle Soar across the plain And a dozen sea gulls My daughters roof do claim The wind is blowing fiercely But the cloud above Casper Peak Moves ever so slowly Like a cat as it does creep The jagged rocks piled high Atop the pasture ridge Speak to me of eons Since the glacier age The wind, the rain, the dust, the dirt Have left scars upon their faces But to me it matters not For I am looking for their traces I dig among the crumbled pile And on my face I wear a smile For there I find a rock so old I can almost feel the cold A petrified piece of wood Tells of where a forest stood But as I look all around No more pieces can be found From where did this piece come If I dig deep will I find bone I gaze north, south, west and east As I stand atop this awesome ridge The dinosaur, the mastodon Where pterodactyls fly at dawn Or was it later in the game When man did live in a cave If I could only find the place Where the stone tools they did make Or maybe even find a wheel My curiosity to heal But then that would not be true I'd have to try and find just who And up above God just smiles "Be patient you'll know in a little while" Cile Beer July 13, 2010