Written In Stone Poem by Anupama Anpat

A relic from the past,
preserved in a stony cast,
reveals a long lost story,
a tale habitually gory.

Remainder of an ancient life,
wiped out by calamity, so rife.
Dug out from deep cores,
to history it opens doors.

Conserved by happenstance,
excavated purely by chance.
Immortalised in stone,
all that remains is shell and bone.

Helps finding primitive roots,
foretells the day of doom.
Exhibited in a museum,
depicting forms so protean.

Plants and animals alike,
compressed in jagged pikes,
A timeless artefact,
exposed by nature’s tact.