A City from a Seed

Wood The yellow grain encircles A center once alive We live within the branches Milled to modern size Once just small new seedlings Placed among the weeds Now the walls of cities Cities from the seeds Stone Blocks with ragged edges Rough planes of creviced edge From the earth dismembered Deep within earth's bed. Even when they crumble In years or months or days The earth is still left hardened Only stone remains. Steel This is man's creation Melted, mixed, and cooled Defying laws of physics for cantilevered roofs. And yet, where do the metals come from The earth, yes, yet again We've mixed with glowing fire To emerge from in the land.