Palm Valley, the Remnants of Prehistoric Times

Palm Valley…where dinosaurs should still live…

The valley meanders,
cut through ancient stone,
where little water flows over sandy dry beds,
and cabbage palms as old as life,
rise like sentinels from the floor,
their longevity a seeming miracle
in this vast brown land.

In the shadow of the cliff faces,
ferns sprout like giant inverted umbrellas,
their fronds atypical,
unrecognizable, prehistoric,
and all that blooms in this wasteland of plenty
unique, ill-founded in this place of time lost,
where nature forgot to close the door.

I love the silence,
the looming ancient whispers of time,
that hang suspended in the dry desert air,
and each plant and palm seems to reach out
with withered arms,
attesting a time so long ago,
it is hard not to be lost within its dream-time.

This is a sacred place,
the rich brown earth hallowed,
and the aboriginal people of this land,
sit in quiet contemplation of its existence,
its ancestral mythology
and the respect of mother’s care,
here in Palm Valley, one of the oldest places on earth.

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Tony DeLorger

Full time author, freelance writer, poet and blogger since 1999. Twenty one published works, past winner of 'Poet of the Year' on HubPages, 'Poem of the Year' on The Creative Exiles, writer for Allpoetry.com, Google+, tonydwtf.blogspot.com.au
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