First I was afraid, I was petrified

I didn’t know if I could live with silica inside

But then I spent so many years buried under all those layers

I grew strong

I learned how to be a stone

And now I’m back

From underground

I don’t erode so fast as all this crumbly sandstone all around

I’ve been transformed by all this waiting into something that could last

You just hang a sign around me and you send those tourists past