After the Flood

[tectak]

I love this as an avid gardener Tectak! There may be better choices for two lines for me. I would maitain the 8-count and one near rhyme with something like this:

He kicks beneath the paling crust
to where the sun has failed the earth
and flocculation turned the juice
into a suffocant for seed,
that quenched the animating fuse.

The flood has gone; to heal the land
he scarifies the earth again
and turns the rotting germ to light.
Time walks beside the new sown grain
and promises each dormant husk
another chance...
with ample rain.

... or something of this nature, see what you think. Nice work./Chris

Thanks Chris,
Very good points on this, a simple piece. I read stuff out loud and so tend to hear the rhythm rather than count it out so I permit the odd (and I mean odd) skip to add texture. That does not mean that I will not try it as you suggest though I will disavow myself of your last line suggestion!
Now, the "animating fuse". I have nearly used that before...and so did, almost, Dylan Thomas (The force that through the green fuse drives the flower). The problem with "animating" is just that...it is just too animal and not enough plant! Having got that off my thorax I LIKE your suggestion so will give it a whirl.
Best,
tectak