Root systems crawl through cracked stone mortar
Ashen soil drinks the evening water
Homo sapiens kneels in soot and cinder
Piscator casts where embers wander
Flame holds fast in ruined choir
Warmth returns to cold empire
Kindled ruin steady burn
Watch the fisherman return
Carbon layers feed the quiet fire
Dormant seeds wake from deep mire
Homo sapiens breathes in sulfur air
Piscator waits with patient stare
Root networks map the hollow ground
Thermal currents spiral round
Homo sapiens mends his woven net
Piscator pays the fire's debt
Flame holds fast in ruined choir
Warmth returns to cold empire
Kindled ruin steady burn
Watch the fisherman return
Photosynthesis fails in dark
But combustion leaves its mark
Carbon dating ancient wood
Sanctuary where you stood
Mycorrhizal threads connect the lost
Spore prints calculate the cost
Homo sapiens finds his final catch
Piscator strikes the phosphorus match
Flame holds fast in ruined choir
Warmth returns to cold empire
Kindled ruin steady burn
Watch the fisherman return
Kindled ruin steady burn
Embers sleep in ashen loam
Root systems call this ruin home
