Fossil

We could be fossils, you and I

pressed flat after centuries 

of lying inert in the rock.

Curious that the tiny hermit crab

the roman centurion
the colossal dinosaur

would share the same fate:

To be peered at, fondled 
by some scholarly archaeologist.

Consider the sweet relief

of our fossilised friends:

hermit crab - free from food chain dramas
soldier -  shielded from the blistering rays of midday sun

dinosaur - not anxious about anything big

like being wiped off the planet.

Roll up, roll up for fossil school!

A snapshot of life, in death.

Copyright Suzy R 2012