Iron sings in oxidized keys
Maple leaves compose the breeze
Quercus rubra drops its crown
Ferric oxide wears it down
Porch rocker guards the silent gate
Roller coaster screams abate
Autumn wind through steel ribs blows
Chlorophyll to red pigment goes
Rust rocking chair in autumn light
Holds the memory of summer nights
Iron blooms like ferrous flowers
Time consumes these metal hours
Cottonwood seeds dock in the joints
Where children squeezed their finger points
Pyrus calleryana leaves collect
In the curve where heads reflect
Rust rocking chair in autumn light
Holds the memory of summer nights
Iron blooms like ferrous flowers
Time consumes these metal hours
Ferris wheel looms skeleton thin
Where cotton candy dreams begin
The rocker creaks a lullaby
For Quercus alba passing by
Rust rocking chair in autumn light
Holds the memory of summer nights
Iron blooms like ferrous flowers
Time consumes these metal hours
Soil horizon builds beneath
Humus rich with copper wreath
Mycorrhizae claim the screws
Roots digest what time pursues
Seasons turn like germination
Patience written in oxidation
Every atom finds its place
In the soil's slow embrace
Spring will wake the sleeping park
Buds will burst from iron bark
But the rocker stays its post
Ferric guardian of the ghost
Rust rocking chair in autumn light
Holds the memory of summer nights
Iron blooms like ferrous flowers
Time consumes these metal hours
Iron sings in oxidized keys
Maple leaves compose the breeze
