You rest on wet asphalt substrate
Neon glow extends your photoperiod
Rain writes time in dendritic lines
Brass case drinks through porous seams
Brass roots grow in night city soil
Seconds bloom from hidden coil
Time don't rot when seasons turn
You germinate where shadows burn
Your mainspring coils like tendril tight
Escapement ticks in photoperiod light
Jewels glow red as ripened fruit
Gears turn slow in fungal root
Brass roots grow in night city soil
Seconds bloom from hidden coil
Time don't rot when seasons turn
You germinate where shadows burn
Patience measured in cambium rings
Time stored deep in woody things
Dormancy breaks when pressure lifts
Growth resumes in xylem gifts
No photosynthesis needs sun here
Just neon rain and atmosphere
You're not lost you're incubating
Tick by tick you're germinating
Alley walls sprout mossy clocks
Sidewalk cracks unlock temporal locks
Puddles mirror phloem flow
You photosynthesize the glow
Brass roots grow in night city soil
Seconds bloom from hidden coil
Time don't rot when seasons turn
You germinate where shadows burn
Spring unwinds stored potential energy
Mainspring releases tendril free
You keep time in chlorophyll hours
Brass roots deeper than steel towers
Brass roots grow in night city soil
Seconds bloom from hidden coil
Time don't rot when seasons turn
You germinate where shadows burn
Tick toc rhizome deep
Brass roots hold what hours keep
