Ficus rubiginosa leans
Over Circular Quay's edge
Neon tubes trace phosphate veins
Searching windswept ledges
Red glow pulses through Banksia cones
Photosynthesis in midnight rain
Xylem rises where salt wind moans
Hope takes root in rusted chain
Acacia longifolia blooms
Yellow spikes pierce harbor mist
Diner sign casts chlorophyll rooms
Where no botanist has kissed
Red glow pulses through Banksia cones
Photosynthesis in midnight rain
Xylem rises where salt wind moans
Hope takes root in rusted chain
Xanthorrhoea stands sentinel
Grass tree flames in halogen wash
Mycorrhizae network spells
Life beneath the steel and squash
Phloem carries sugar song
Through concrete fissures, deep and long
Stomata open to the night
Transpiration turns to light
Eucalyptus camaldulensis sighs
River red gum drinks the glow Neon flickers, stabilizes
Chloroplasts in rhythmic flow
Red glow pulses through Banksia cones
Photosynthesis in midnight rain
Xylem rises where salt wind moans
Hope takes root in rusted chain
Dawn breaks over Opera sails
Diner sign dims, mission done
Roots hold fast through storm and gales
Botany wins, darkness runs
Red glow pulses through Banksia cones
Photosynthesis in midnight rain
Xylem rises where salt wind moans
Hope takes root in rusted chain
Hope takes root in rusted chain
Tenor fades on final note
Soil remembers what was wrote