Stone Guardians

What treasures lie buried                               
Beneath oceans of sand                                   
Guarding lands now forgotten                                       
Created by man?                                               
Stone statues immortal,                                   
Everlasting they stand                                           
Of forgotten kingdoms                                                                              
And forgotten lands.                                         

Exhumed without story                                     
To tell of an age                                     
No legend nor glory                                           
Or recorded sage.                                               

Years in the future
Artifacts may be found
Of a sagacious people, 
Buried deep in the ground
Whose recorded history
That was once so profound
Is as obscure as yours
And will then confound.

Bewildering wonders
Once unsurpassed
Of milestones and blunders
And history passed.