Greyhound tires hiss on wet asphalt
Factory bones poke through green blanket
Flashbulb pops inside my coat pocket
Moss eats steel while the city stops it
White wings slice the sodium glow
Yellow eyes watch down below
Head turns slow, a metronome
Counting footsteps heading home
Barn owl counts the footsteps slow
Moss eats steel where the river flows
I focus lens on broken glass
Watch the present eat the past
Shutter clicks a rhythm in my hand
The rusted gears grind into sand
My viewfinder frames a jagged edge
Vines rewrite the final pledge now
Feathers ruffle in the draft
Counting beats on photograph
Wing beats sync to the violin
Logic lost beneath the skin
Barn owl counts the footsteps slow
Moss eats steel where the river flows
I focus lens on broken glass
Watch the present eat the past
Far city lights blink broken stars
I'm just a ghost in junkyard cars
Film roll ends, the counter stops now
Quiet clicks, the camera drops now