Boots kiss cable at dawn's first gray
Salt wind bites the steel today
Camera clicks from bus stop bench
Teen eyes track the figure's clench
Coil rope hangs from callused palm
Gull cry cuts the morning calm
Ledger book in weathered coat
Tallying each ship that floats
He walks the line where harbor meets sky
Salt wire sings a lullaby
One foot then the next he knows
Where wild water rises and flows
Felt piano trembles in the hold
Pizzicato strings break cold
Modular blip marks each measured step
Wooden percussion keeps the depth
He walks the line where harbor meets sky
Salt wire sings a lullaby
One foot then the next he knows
Where wild water rises and flows
Bus door folds with hydraulic sigh
Runaway watches from the side
Shutter snaps the dangerous grace
Salt and steel in frozen space
Fog rolls in on ghost tide wheels
Pier lights bleed through vapor veils
Counterweight shifts in iron chest
Keeps the span above the rest
Shift bell rings the watch complete
Logbook shut on salt-stained sheet
Cable sings its tension release
Worker exhales final peace
He walks the line where harbor meets sky
Salt wire sings a lullaby
One foot then the next he knows
Where wild water rises and flows
Salt wire sings its quiet song
Salt wire hums the whole night long
