1. Light
The full spectrum radiates
Through the atmosphere
From the heavens
To the earth
Phototroph captor
Ingesting rays of blue
Devouring red spectra
Within the chloroplast
Endothermic reaction
Catabolic translation
Antenna complexes harvest the light
To the cytochome they are borne
On plastoquinone wings electrons take flight
2. Water
The sword of Phytolisis
Tears the water asunder
Cutting a swath through the molecule
Forming a new triumvirate
Of electrons, hydrogen, oxygen
To the thylakoid lumen
Atomic gases travel
One creating adenosine triphosphate
Ferredoxin binds
Hydrogen with its electron estranged
Cytochrome transfer
Plastocyanin terminus
To the I of the photosystem it flies
3. Chlorophyll
The cyanobacterial portal opens
Folded invagination
To the depths of the mesosome
Sanguine light shines
Chlorophyll
Rejecting shades of green
Ray reversal from the chondrioid
Appearing verdant to our eyes
Within the chloroplast
Photosystem Circle
Ring the thylakoid
Biosynthetic electron transport chain
Carrying the charge
To chemiosmotic potential transformed
Stored chemical energy
Resonance energy transfer
From cerulean consumption
Vermillion melange
The charge separated by pairs entwined
4. Dehydration
In times of drought
When temperature rises
And the rivers run dry
Metabolic shift occurrence
Within flora's palisades
Stomata close to the heat
Anti-aridity armor inhibiting photorespiration
Preventing absorption of nutrients
Causing buildup of waste
Rubisco multi-carbon compound creation
Capting atmospheric dioxide
Binding it with oxygen
Within the mesophyll cell
Carboxylase catalyst
Producing sustenance in times of strife
Dehydration
In times of drought
When temperature rises
And the rivers run dry
5. Bacteria
Intracytoplasmic membrane
Thylakoids cylindrical
From the stroma
Photosynthesis is born
Adenosine triphosphate
Carbon fixation cycle
Ribulose regeneration
Colorless anion
Cyanophyta
Engineering bacterial photosynthesis
Converting light energy to chemical power
Endosymbionts, living amongst the fauna
Enabling it to take breath
6. Stroma
Sub organelle stacks
Chloroplast edifice
Like a tower of disks
Of thylakoid daughter cells
Processing the power of the Sun
Fungal tissue mass
Structures bearing spores
Dotting the surface
Awaiting (their chemical charge)
Herein lies the origin of photosynthesis
Buried in the chloroplast
Colorless fluid
Dark reaction
Independent of light
Botanical alchemy
Photoreceptors absorbing light
CO2 and H2O synthesis
Into organic clusters of molecules they transform
Captor of light surrounding the grana
Enzymatic process of carbon melange
7. Palisade
Chloroplasts extend to reach the light
Through the thin bars of their cells
The sun shines on the imprisoned
In large vacuoles
Through cell walls sere
Oxygen diffuses
Along serpentine corridors
Mazelike stretches of narrow passages
Where the wind blows, howling
Through the endless tracts
Hydrogen transmutes
With electron partners it joins
Cylindrical palisades
Angular along the epidermis
Enabling absorption of light
Through cell walls sere
8. Oxygen
The great sylvan lungs of this world
Breathe in
Toxin gathers in its vacuoles
Repurposed for sustenance
Ingesting carbon dioxide
Within its breast
Processing the poison through photosynthesis
Feasting on the chemical energy
The great sylvan lungs of this world
Breathe out
Verdant alveolus diaspora
Releasing air
Botanical byproduct, the essence of life
For the faunal kingdom
The kingdom of flesh
Converting it again
To sustain the Verdant Realm
Symbiosis
A toxin from one the other feeds
Cycling and recycling
Oxygen
The great sylvan lungs of this world
Breathe in, breathe out
Verdant alveolus diaspora
To the flora and the fauna
The survival of all