petrified

first, Sun into Earth
{all once in Sun}

from soil to seed 
from sapling to tree

then, a falling-

from tallness to sprawling
decayed thickening
solidifying

sedimentation
petrifaction
permineralization

time-
transmogrification.

bark to rock to beach
a thing became the place
bare underneath my feet

There are these petrified wood beaches in Maine that I can’t take my eyes off of…