Opuntia spreads pads to sun
Roots drink deep where waters run
Agave counts in decade time
Spines write code in dusty rhyme
Horizon bends through curved glass
Minutes stretch like shadow grass
Eye adjusts to distance vast
Present merges with the past
Brass mesa holds the view
Canyons breathe in ochre hue
Lens collects what time erodes
Silence speaks in binary codes
Yucca lifts its cream bell high
Moths steer by the starlight sky
Larrea drops its resin scent
Creosote prayers heaven sent
Horizon bends through curved glass
Minutes stretch like shadow grass
Eye adjusts to distance vast
Present merges with the past
Brass mesa holds the view
Canyons breathe in ochre hue
Lens collects what time erodes
Silence speaks in binary codes
Fouquieria whips green arms
After rain the desert charms
Photosynth in burst and bloom
Life erupts from dusty tomb
Brass mesa holds the view
Canyons breathe in ochre hue
Lens collects what time erodes
Silence speaks in binary codes
Strata layers tell the tale
Wind writes script in sand and gale
Telescope tracks river's scar
Silver thread from far below
Brass mesa holds the view
Canyons breathe in ochre hue
Lens collects what time erodes
Silence speaks in binary codes
Roots and lenses seek the same
Truth in Latin truth in name
Patience measures what endures
Botanist and brass concurs
Brass mesa holds the view
Canyons breathe in ochre hue
Lens collects what time erodes
Silence speaks in binary codes
Brass mesa holds the view
Canyons breathe in ochre hue
Brass rests warm on sandstone bed
Desert writes what can't be read