Quercus shadows stretch and yawn
Where the welding torch is gone
Hedera helix claims the steel
Silent green and unconcealed
Roots invert the gear and spring
Photosynthesis timing everything
Seconds stretch to seasonal span
Chronos bows to Chloris plan
Down where the pocket watch beats slow
Brass roots in the loam begin to grow
No winding stem no glass face gleam
Just xylem sap and chlorophyll dream
Musci cushions the brass crown
Dampness keeps the rust held down
Rhizome threads through the hinge and pin
Nature picks the lock from within
Roots invert the gear and spring
Photosynthesis timing everything
Seconds stretch to seasonal span
Chronos bows to Chloris plan
Down where the pocket watch beats slow
Brass roots in the loam begin to grow
No winding stem no glass face gleam
Just xylem sap and chlorophyll dream
The botanist speaks Latin to the case
Tempus fugit finds its place
Anthos opens where the numbers fade
Petals clock the light and shade
The mainspring snaps a tiny crack
But seedlings push the metal back
Time is not linear its a vine
Ticking slow in root and rind
Down where the pocket watch beats slow
Brass roots in the loam begin to grow
No winding stem no glass face gleam
Just xylem sap and chlorophyll dream
Workshop roof lets in the rain
Oil mixes with the loam and grain
He checks the time on a frond unfurled
The greenest clock in all the world
Down where the pocket watch beats slow
Brass roots in the loam begin to grow
No winding stem no glass face gleam
Just xylem sap and chlorophyll dream
Tick-tock in the humus deep
Brass heart finally asleep
