You trim Sarracenia traps with care
Moonlight paints the pitcher plants silver
Cypripedium roots drink humid air
Night blooms open where the fireflies wander
Porchlight glows on Taxodium knees
Bayou breathes in minor key
You speak in genus, roots and leaves
Science bends to mystery
You mist Drosera glands at dusk
Sticky dew catches gnat and moth
Magnolia grandiflora drops its musk
Sweet perfume on the water's cloth
You check p
H in clay pots aligned
Sphagnum holds what rain provides
Crinum lilies stretch toward the blind
White trumpets sounding rising tides
Porchlight glows on Taxodium knees
Bayou breathes in minor key
You speak in genus, roots and leaves
Science bends to mystery
Osmunda regalis unfurls slow
Fronds uncurl where the current flows
You name each species, watch them grow
Patience rooted deep below
You lantern-hang Tillandsia strands
Bromeliads catch the final gold
Ipomoea alba understands
Night opens what the day controlled
Porchlight glows on Taxodium knees
Bayou breathes in minor key
You speak in genus, roots and leaves
Science bends to mystery
Latin names drift on evening breeze
Greenhouse sleeps while the bayou breathes
