Mammoth

By Steven Wade Veatch

I found a rock at the mammoth’s grave.
Inside only hidden fossils remain—
pollen grains and mossy spores
that once floated on an Ice Age breeze.

Now these tiny remnants yield
the deepest glimpse
of a world before we came
and warn of a future we must face
as the forests change, species die,
and life recedes.

An Ice Age mammoth.
The author created this AI image
with the assistance of DALL·E and MS Bing.