Agave parryi guards the stone
Pocket watch lies all alone
Iron oxidizes slow and deep
Silica secrets wait to keep
Rusted hands on mesa stone
Seasons turn to dust and bone
Latent time in iron heart
Botanist knows every part
Opuntia spreads its padded arms
Shielding glass from solar harms
Xylem draws the morning dew
Patinas bloom in copper hue
Rusted hands on mesa stone
Seasons turn to dust and bone
Latent time in iron heart
Botanist knows every part
Quercus roots in fracture lines
Watch the quartz and feldspar shine
Mechanism sleeps in oxide bed
Dreams of springs and gears ahead
Rusted hands on mesa stone
Seasons turn to dust and bone
Latent time in iron heart
Botanist knows every part
Stranger walks the canyon rim
Pauses where the light grows dim
Hears the tick beneath the sand
Time and earth hold gentle hand
Leslie speaker spins the air
Muted brass begins to flare
Two quiet souls in dust align
Watch and mesa share design
Pocket snaps at final noon
Shadows stretch across the dune
Metal yields to patient earth
Rebirth knows what time is worth
Rusted hands on mesa stone
Seasons turn to dust and bone
Latent time in iron heart
Botanist knows every part
Mesa Timepiece let it stay
Rusting slow in light of day
Iron blooms in desert clay
Timepiece rests in light of day