If you could do anything in the world, what would it be?

Crystal looks at the symbols scratched into the rock. They tell stories that span centuries. She envisions the hunter smiling as he draws the buck he felled with a single spear. She sees a mother tracing her child’s footprints in honor of the new life. An etching of a coiled snake startles her but also connects her to someone from the long past. What would her story be if she were to carve it here?

ELEPHANT HILL BY DARCY ALVEY 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 59