Roots

      deeply grounded, 

                                               intertwined,

                              exposed,

growing

                                                               above and around one another

strong, 

                                      they prop us up

support, 

                      note,

in the knowing of that past

                                                  accept,

                       admire,

                                step on,

              discover      infinite       potential,

                               we are handed a permission slip

                          to grow

                                         from them;

some roots hundreds of years old

                                                   some we find around us,

                                close, 

                   rough,

wrinkled, 

                            a legacy of callouses,

              radiant.