The Zircon

Sometime ago, I came across the piece of rock below in the National Museum of Scotland.
It is reported to be 4.4 billion years old.

As I stood contemplating its rough and intricate exterior I wondered what kinds of mysteries and secrets it held.

I thought that it could probably give a complete account of evolution.

It could tell how Dinosaurs and other extinct species really disappeared from the earth.

It could describe how the early man actually looked, thought and fared.
How he has evolved.

The challenges of ages past.

What made people laugh.

It could talk about survival- in love and in war, betrayals…

If it had eyes and could see,what significant things did it witness these past billions of years?

Would it even have the memory capacity to store and remember things spanning billions of years?

If indeed that was so, I reasoned further,would there be computers now?
Would there be a need for them?
How would I be writing and sharing this post then?

What would be its impression of people now? The hate, the killings, the selfishness?

And which did it prefer? Which century? Why?

Questions and questions.

As I walked away from the room I thought..
If only..
If only the zircon could speak.