Carbon molecules in line notation stream

Into my eager ears, and their names form

Straight tree branches that tip and teem 

With hydrogens. Substituents adorn 

Long chains of carbons that connect and yawn

Arm in arm. Whole worlds between atoms lie,

Unknown knowledge breathing between bonds

Changing, shifting, keeping the high

Secrets of a universe beyond vision.

Inside atoms, whole words live lingering

Hidden from sight. Their movements and rhythms

Define the whole world and keep it stronger.

The carbons, bonds, and branches life clings to

Lie hushed in whole worlds we live through.