Geology

Excavation begins, chisel strikes hardened rock surface So uncompromising that not a mark is made. Another more powerful strike breaks through, a small cranny. Slowly, precisely, painfully, the work pays off. Layer upon layer lies beneath, how disconcerting, so much more work to be done to reach the core. Steadily each layer fragments, revealing yet another, hardened more by time's passage. The digging down seems endless yet, with sweat and tears and little sleep, the work is done. The journey to the center reveals the magma, the essence, the truest form, beneath all the hardened rock.