The tangled web beneath me

Fed me nutrients, it made me

Dig roots into the ground so deep

Just like all of those who suffered before me

Every memory before my existence seeps into me

How am I ever supposed to change

An insidious cycle I can’t even explain

A father’s stress, a mother’s rage

bleeds into the womb - the baby changed

Fear and loathing start a plague

And everlasting fear takes form

befo...

Beneath the weight of the earth,
roots tangle like whispers of the past,
twisting through soil, anchoring stories
that hold me steady when the winds rise.

I’ve come to see that, like trees,
life has its own structure,
shaping us into who we are meant to be.
As trees undergo seasons—
fall, winter, spring, summer—
so do we.

And just as the leaves turn colors,
so do you. These are your roots;
embrac...

She came into this word without roots

Never wanted, never claimed

She was born to early to empty arms

But she grew

not tied down by strings

Her hopes can no end to their flight

She, unlike the others, was able to chose

To grew her roots where she wanted

To create a life which nourished her...

My god is in the trees,

Leaping from branch to branch

In hopes of finding his son before the noose

Fold its hands in silent prayer around his neck.

As if to ask for confession of sin

With promise of cleansing.

Jumping straight into walking on water,

Skipping stones,

Waiting for the blameless in the equation

To throw first.

Their feet were anchors

And their hearts were sinking ships.

I told them t...

I was raised on a thought

A tiny seed

Planted in a sea of rot

_It was that if you took up too much space_

_You’d be a disgrace_

And so I grew up

Raised on that thought

I cross my arms to hide my stomach

Because I’m nervous that they’ll spite it

And when I walk past a man

I cover my chest with my hands

And every day of my life

I see everything in black and white

And do you know what I’ve learned?

...

10 letters, to be wondered

Unsaid words never heard

Nothing nor keys, will free our cages

Do see the stolen choices guiding our future

Everyone knows, your decisions will change us

Rather you choose to see, isn’t what we are to be

Stories will be told, ourselves will be whole

Together, black and blue swollen, we will be hoping

Our cuts will be healed

Our future gardens unfailing

Do know mar...

A seed light as a feather

Dancing in the breeze

Hurles itself downwards

deep into the depths

Of the soil below

Tucked in treasure

Ready to sprout

Patiently waiting

When the right time is about

No awareness, no sound

Only an uncertain feeling all around

It gains the strength

to spread its roots

Extending beyond

The capacity of truth

Steadfast and heavy

It reaches beyond the eye

So durable in...

For as long as I can remember, never have i experienced the gratification of knowing what Home felt like.

No sense of safety or belonging.

Family wasn’t solid, more like every man for themselves.

A constant war raging within everyone.

Like the never ending story,

the nothingnes was consuming us all.

Like Ferngully our forest ripped from the ground,

I had to get away as fast as i could.

I guess...

Born 8 pounds, 12 ounces

Screaming and Whaling

A blessing to the family that Grief surrounded

Born with eyes wide open

She’d always know love

Because that was what she was raised on

It was who she was

They’d hold her close

Grow her up on family vacations

Hugs and kisses

She was needed

She knew she wanted to be something

Inspiration bubbling up around her

Raised on the purpose

The power...

We always marvel

At the grandeur of a tree

By its height,

Or it’s leaves,

Or the thickness of its trunk

But that is not how the tree continues to live

For that, you have to go under

Deep, wide, long

The roots snake through the ground

Without the roots

The could never have become grand

Without the roots

The tree could not live

Perhaps we should give more credit

To what lays beneath

To...