Archaeology

I never thought
I would become
An archaeologist

Picking away at the earth
Careful not to desecrate
The ruins that lay beneath

So you can imagine my surprise when
I recognized one of the limbs
as my own

I shrieked and slid back in horror
For I remember this catastrophe
All too well

And with that the dam breaks
Rushing towards me
In a flood of memories
All of the fossils
Of my past

A lesson quickly learned
That things can be buried
For lifetimes
But you can’t get rid of
What’s impressed
Upon rock