Writing on the Grand Canvas Walls

Erosion writes a petroglyph composed over deep time

Frozen into narrow cliffs exposed and too steep to climb

There is writing along the canyon’s walls

A tale set in stone of mud, sand, and lime

There is a painting on these canvas walls

A grand portrait only water can prime

There is a sculpture in these rough stone walls

A grand image carved only in deep time

A masterpiece too pure and grand to climb

The Grand Canvas