Sandstone fins thrust vertical for miles across this land

Aligned in nature’s symmetry done only by God’s hand

 

The soft sands and the hard sands mixed on random ocean’s floor

Now revealed in gracious splendor for us humans to explore

 

Compressed by nature’s forces soft sand turned into hard rock

The fins of red and fins of white are eons counting clock

 

The soft sand falls before the hard, beneath the Artist’s brush

A masterpiece continuing for He is in no rush

 

Through all these many eons, timeless forces still at work

Carving layers ever deeper, in a task He does not shirk

 

The arches and the monuments that we may see today

Will change in generations to a different array

 

So hike the trails to Balanced Rock and Arches South and North

And stand before the majesty and the beauty He’s brought forth

 

Enjoy it now and watch it change, as change in life’s a must

The shapes here now will wash away as they are turned to dust