When,
awesome feels amiss,
beautiful is barely enough,
spectacular falls short,
and incredible is inadequate.
Step by step with never-ending turns,
I enter deeper into the Carlsbad Caverns.
How much further down? I do not know.
But it's getting darker and quieter below,
until the darkness muddles your sense of space
and the loudest sound is that of your own breath!
750 ft below the ground
Stupefied by what I have found.
Where I stand now was once an inland sea,
along whose edges grew a reef of sponges and algae.
When land and water rallied to and fro,
leaving behind huge gaps or caverns as we now know.
Then nature set itself to work, with water as chisel,
drip by drip, each drop casting its own spell.
Embellishing the hollows with milky pearls,
intricately sculpted columns that stand tall like earls.
Huge chandeliers of glistening limestone spears
and so much more were put together in a million years.
Even after hours, my eyes were wide with awe & wonder,
Like watching a theatrical extravaganza, above & yonder!
Note from nps.gov website: The extensive caverns of Carlsbad Caverns National Park in New Mexico, USA, lie in the foothills of the Guadalupe Mountains in the south-eastern corner of the state. This large underground system formed over 4 million years ago and consists of more than 100 limestone caves within the national park. These caves exhibit worldwide significance due to their size, their unique origin, and the abundant diversity and beauty of the decorative rock formations.
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