She tends the Monstera near the cracked concrete
Roots drink the runoff bitter and sweet
Chlorophytum arches toward sodium glow
Iron oxide blooms where the steel beams show
Rusted chlorophyll in the parking lot light
She waters the ferns through the motel night
Photosynthesis fights the oxidation spread
Green persists where the metal bleeds red
Pothos cascades down the chain-link fence
Tendrils embrace the corroding sense
She whispers binomial names to each leaf
While the neon flickers beyond belief
Sansevieria stands in the salt-spray air
Stiff swords rising through the despair
Her hands know the p
H of the ruined soil
Patient as seasons refusing to spoil
Rusted chlorophyll in the parking lot light
She waters the ferns through the motel night
Photosynthesis fights the oxidation spread
Green persists where the metal bleeds red
Stranger leans close where the jasmine climbs
Two quiet hearts in the same rhythm times
No words needed between the pots and rust
Just the shared trust of growing adjust
Morning reveals the new growth unfurled
Against the peeling paint of the weary world
She measures the progress in millimeters gained
Life persists where the iron remained
Rusted chlorophyll in the parking lot light
She waters the ferns through the motel night
Photosynthesis fights the oxidation spread
Green persists where the metal bleeds red
Green persists where the iron remained
