These Roots Live

 by an anonymous author


                               these roots live
 
buried dark beneath two decades of time
                                 dormant in silence
 
straining to hear the echoes of past revelations
 
                                  wishing to grow
 
cradled warm in soil heavy with countless memories
 
                                   it is cracking
 
these roots starve, withering in the slow drought
 
                                   praying for rain
 
eager for a deluge of attention, flooding interest
 
                                   abundance once known
 
anxious to again be nurtured, fertilized with trust
 
                                    strong as before
 
they had grown unexpectedly, burrowing deep with ease

                                     weathering the tempests
 
confident in their invincible nature, they vowed immortality
 
                                       yet they faltered
 
stretched taut in opposite directions, no longer inseparable
 
                                        still they hope
 
they cling waiting for their demise or resurrection
 
                                         striving toward light
 
unwilling to accept that forever is already here
 
                                          these roots live  

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