100 Word Challenge for Grown Ups – Week#75

For the last three thousand years,  how many peoples have stood on the edge of the canyon and paid homage to the gods that dwell in those lofty wastes? Whose feet have trod the ancient rocks that stood unsullied by humans for millions of years before that? Who can tell the various cultures that  have laid claim upon that sacred rim and the many tongues they spoke?. Do we hear the echoes of those plaintive songs of love and honour to the sun, moon and stars that have lighten and warmed our hearts and souls before and beyond a further billion years?