Quercus roots drink deep the rain
Patience measured in the grain
Taxonomy of shadowed things
Names the wind in silence sings
Gravel roof above my head
River dreams where I am led
Line drops down through silt and clay
Waiting for the silver sway
Under aggregate we hide
Where the cold currents slide
Root and fin in twilight bound
Silence wraps the heavy ground
Mycelium maps the dark
Healing every fractured bark
Photosynthesis fades to grey
Roots will find the light of day
Under aggregate we hide
Where the cold currents slide
Root and fin in twilight bound
Silence wraps the heavy ground
Cello weeps a low lament
Banjo picks the time we spent
No harsh signs to pierce the veil
Just the hook and root and scale
Scale and gill reflect the gleam
Of a life caught in a dream
Gravel grinds beneath the boot
Washing clean the river soot
Anthriscus sylvestris stands tall
Cow parsley against the wall
Umbels catch the final ray
Before the night reclaims the day
Under aggregate we hide
Where the cold currents slide
Root and fin in twilight bound
Silence wraps the heavy ground
Root and fin in twilight bound
Silence wraps the heavy ground
Gravel settles, deep and slow
Roots and rivers watch it go
Fade on fiddle, fade on bow
Silence in the twilight glow
