Vane turns slow on copper spine
Rust blooms green in summer time
Iron bars drink sunset gold
Stories etched in metal cold
Heat retreats from brick and stone
Concrete cools to sleep alone
Shadows stretch on iron rails
Night descends on city trails
Copper dusk on iron lace
Time etches every weathered face
Green consumes the golden crown
Beauty wears its rusting down
Neon flickers down the street
Heat retreats from concrete feet
Laundry dances on the line
Dusk drinks deep the summer wine
Heat retreats from brick and stone
Concrete cools to sleep alone
Shadows stretch on iron rails
Night descends on city trails
Copper dusk on iron lace
Time etches every weathered face
Green consumes the golden crown
Beauty wears its rusting down
Arrow stuck on frozen hinge
Rust has locked its guiding swing
Verdigris maps the passing years
No one climbs to calm its fears
Choir voice recalls old hymns
Alto breath on summer winds
Harmonies dissolve in heat
Prayer sounds strange on city streets
Copper dusk on iron lace
Time etches every weathered face
Green consumes the golden crown
Beauty wears its rusting down
Streetlamps wake with amber glow
Vane keeps watch on streets below
City hums its night refrain
Morning comes to start again
Copper dusk on iron lace
Time etches every weathered face
Green consumes the golden crown
Beauty wears its rusting down
Copper dusk on iron lace
Green consumes the golden crown
Beauty wears its rusting down