Courier climbs the winding stair
Brass watch fob catches morning air Pelargonium leaves unfold
Drinking light like tea not gold
Battered case rests on zinc rim
Sempervivum greets the brim
Thymus serpillum breathes between
Cobbled scent of rain and Seine
Geranium compass points the way
Through chimney pots and slate grey
Roots hold fast where wind blows cold
Stories rooted never old
He maps the route by petal sign
Lavandula draws the line
Sedum acre hugs the tile
Pauses here a little while
Geranium compass points the way
Through chimney pots and slate grey
Roots hold fast where wind blows cold
Stories rooted never old
No parcel left to deliver now
Only green and furrowed brow
Photosynthesis in the pause
Silent syntax natural laws
Eiffel spikes the hazy blue
Pelargonium nods to you
Courier breathes in chlorophyll
Time grows quiet time grows still
Brass needle settles north aligned
Roots and courier intertwined
No signature no stamp no fee
Just terrace botany
Geranium compass points the way
Through chimney pots and slate grey
Roots hold fast where wind blows cold
Stories rooted never old
Geranium compass bloom and steer
Another season another year
Needle rests on geranium
Paris wakes and light has come
