Roots

We talk of having roots

as if roots were in the​​ 

past and some form of

history to be read about

or watched in old home

movies shot by our mothers

as we turned 8 or 16​​ 

but

roots are living organisms

meant ​​ to feed​​ the​​ new​​ 

buds that ​​ we produce

and from which come

flowers that open

allowing​​ us to grow and expand.

Roots hold us safe and secure

even as we reach for the sky

for we cannot leave our roots

even as we change and grow

far beyond them.

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