I was Quercus alba strong
Growing where the streams belong
Now I sit on Beacon brick
Watching autumn candles flick
Iron nails hold oak planks tight
Caulked with tar and sea-salt white
Gas lamps glow through copper seams
Lighting up October dreams
Beacon Hull on historic brick
Oak wood glows with amber flick
Acer rubrum paints the street
Rowboat roots in concrete meet
Tannins leach from seasoned grain
Salt and time leave rusted stain
Ginkgo biloba fans the air
While I photosynthesize there
Beacon Hull on historic brick
Oak wood glows with amber flick
Acer rubrum paints the street
Rowboat roots in concrete meet
No longer rocked by tidal pull
No gulls cry above my skull
But pedestrians trace my keel
On bricks where revolution's real
Bur oak ribs hold autumn gold
Stories in the grain unfold
Paper birch peels white on sidewalk gray
Boat and tree share decay's way
Charles River mist climbs through the grates
Fog wraps round my copper plates
Tulipa bulbs sleep in my hold
Spring will bloom from oak and mold
Beacon Hull on historic brick
Oak wood glows with amber flick
Acer rubrum paints the street
Rowboat roots in concrete meet
Beacon Hull on historic brick
Oak wood glows with amber flick
Acer rubrum paints the street
Rowboat roots in concrete meet
Beacon Hull we shine as one
Light remains when tides are done
Quercus rests on brick and bone
Photosynthesis in streetlight shone