Silver disc catches platform's pale glow
Acer roots seek magnetic flow below
Train arrives with hollow metallic sigh
Oak stands patient while crowds rush by
True north underground where roots all know
Compass needle shows which way to grow
Three AM the platform hums low
Silver light tells me which way to go
True north underground
Bronze casing worn by decades in my coat
Yew bends slow but holds its steady note
Fluorescent flicker makes the needle float
Beech stands firm while rails announce their vote
True north underground where roots all know
Compass needle shows which way to grow
Three AM the platform hums low
Silver light tells me which way to go
True north underground
Pocket warmth meets metal cold beneath my thumb
Beech waits patient for the spring to come
Tracks vibrate with rhythm of the city drum
Hornbeam stands while seasons overcome
No satellite can guide me through this bedrock deep
Roots navigate by instinct while the city sleeps
Magnetic pull reads deeper than a screen can keep
Pinus strobus knows the promises it keeps
True north lives where silence speaks
True north underground where roots all know
Compass needle shows which way to grow
Three AM the platform hums low
Silver light tells me which way to go
True north underground
Platform empty save for shadows and the steam
Ulmus americana shadows in the beam
Needle settles on a heading like a dream
Elm casts shade on subterranean stream
True north underground where roots all know
Compass needle shows which way to grow
Three AM the platform hums low
Silver light tells me which way to go
True north underground
Morning approaches but the compass stays
Sequoia stands through centuries of days
Direction found in quiet subterranean ways
Redwood endures in light and haze
True north underground where roots all know
Compass needle shows which way to grow
Three AM the platform hums low
Silver light tells me which way to go
True north underground where roots all know
Compass needle shows which way to grow
Silver disc catches platform glow
True north underground