A bestiary of granitic form is revealed by the sun and the moon.
Standing tall, the perfectly cloven pyramid attests to the presence of ancient humans here.
For a long time we were fellow travelers walking hand in hand through the rich ecology.
Now changed as we are by machine and the written word we have become estranged from our close kin the rocks.
Viewed as inanimate and cold they lay strewn across the landscape whispering tales in a language long forgotten.
These ancient works of man show us that this was not always so and once they were revered as the final resting place of the ancestors.
In these fractured days it is good to spend time with the rocks and enjoy our primaeval bond.
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Photo: Boulders and tombs at Saladaviciosa. Courtesy of the author.
