A Paleo’s Point of View

Look at this photo

What do you see

Just rocks and sand

I see something more

I see what was once living

An intersection of invertebrates

Now petrified by time

A perfectly preserved relic of life

Look very closely at the picture above

You may spot a shell or two

A mollusk and maybe corral

Which tells us its origin is from a marine 

Yet we only scratched the surface

Many secrets remain hidden

Such as how old are these specimens

And what aquatic basin was their home

Now you know how paleontology works

Uncovering each prehistoric mystery through time

By studying the rocks within our earth

And observing things from a paleo's point of view