What to do when half your roots keep you alive while the other half poison you? Some roots stretch far to gather widespread nutrients, yet others run right into rock. Do you cut them off? Do you have the power to cut off the very things keeping you tied down? This is your life, these are your roots. You didn’t choose them, but they grow from you nonetheless. Can you make that choice? Can you see ...

I’ve always been different, or from my family,

We have roots that bring gold,

But my life isn’t the same as it should be told,

It’s seems I should be a fighter and a warrior,

But I wish to be an author,

My family tells me that can’t be a job,

And I end up burying myself in my room to sob,

They say I can’t make a living from words,

But I’ve been told I can do anything from the lords,

I’m told to be...

your name is the most common word coming out of my mouth these days.

i talk about you more than myself

and it’s not close

for you are held so near to my heart

woven so deeply into my soul

a person may no longer know me

may no longer understand me

my thoughts

my story

without at least hearing about you...

Roots of Strength

Deep beneath the surface lie

The roots of strength, where wisdom sighs

A network of fibers, strong and wide

Anchoring the tree, side by side

Just as the tree's roots dig and grow

Our own roots shape us, as we know

Family, culture, heritage, and past

Forming our identity, forever to last

Roots of resilience, roots of might

Helping us weather life's plodding night

A sense of bel...

Floating

Aimless

Roots Dangle

Looking for soil...

Roots grow where they cannot see

They steel my sticks and burn them for their fires

Fires that make air they think I can save

But roots grow deep below the surface.

Roots grow where they cannot see

They cut down my trunk and use it for weapons

Weapons they use to remove more of me

But roots grow deep below the surface.

Roots grow where they cannot see

They try to take what’s left of me, but I’m ...

As strong winds blow

The strong trees grow

Instead of being ripped from the ground

It's roots hold it, safe and sound

Roots are what grounds trees

Just as our roots ground us

Our experiences and reactions grow roots

Our passions and satisfactions grow roots

Your personality is your story

But so are your scars

Fight or flight reaction

It is all adaptation

Our roots are who we are

Just as the nig...

It’s roots fall deep

Into the ground

The wind blows

But it still stays sound

Roots go deeper

And deeper

And deeper

Into the ground

Securing it

So it stays around

Its roots keep it in line

And feeds it with water

It gets taller

Never shorter

Until damaged

Or distressed

Or overly suppressed

It grows

And grows

And never stops

Grows

And grows

And never drops...

the snakes of soil coil up my limbs, squeezing my bark skin as pliant, willing flesh. epidermis chipping, speckles of glittering gold flying away as embers. this cocoon still churns with light, still blooming with a yearning hope, soft with burning youth. rooted mortal memories dancing in the moonlight, chasing a future yet to be birthed. Is my wood like butter, aged like redwood? What fragments b...

Darkness

Where we all begin

Before the Sun

Comes creeping in

To warm the fibre

Of our being

A single breath

A straining sapling

We fight through winters

Storms

And rain

Standing tall

Baring pain

Splinters bite

Ricochet

We ground ourselves

We seize the day

Firmly planted

Barely moved

The tug begins

Within our roots

The tug to fight

The tug to flee

To live our lives

To b...