Dead roots

are memories

And Strong roots

Become memories too

Stickymemoriesglued

To

your brains

wrinkles

Dead or not

Helping you grow

Or rotting into your brains grooves

Flaking behind your eyes

Hiding your _vision_

Strong roots don’t grow for you

They just let you see

They grow around your grooves

Or even grow within them

Helping

them

E X P A N D

But their strength can even

Strangle you

Guide your brain

Or

Tell it how it needs to be

What order

What shape

What cadence

What symmetry

What-which way to wander or wonder

Dead roots or strong roots

Dead roots or strong roots

Would you rather

Be blinded while seeing?

Or strangled while breathing?

No matter.

Grow towards the sun, regardless

And the strong roots will be you.