Tillandsia - Botanist

From the mist

The aerophyte drinks

Trichomes gathering strength

For a single monocarpic triumph

Angiosperm Bromeliaceae

Anchored in the sky

Behind swirling clouds

A Gothic fortress of moss

From its lichen parapets beat

Leathery minion wings

By blind eyes they fly

On the strength of stormwinds

Tillandsia’s legacy they carry

Allied to oak

In cypress it confides

Within its mossy bastions

Aside arachnid swarms

Ophidian phalanx awaits

Impregnable fortress

Tillandsia