In the depths of earth

These roots spring Forth

Fresh tips

Shedding old root-bark

Strengthened by their winter chi

Made strong by the cracks already pushed thru

Granite, loam, shale and clay

These roots, easily seek and find

The places of nourishment

The places where water flows upward

Where minerals are abundant

Ready to become life

The places where tangled strongholds are just

Natural

In the dark depths of earth

These roots bring light

Shining their rays from above

Deep into crystalline soils

Sunshine funnels

Tunneling heavenly light deep

Into their sensual substrate

Cracks and crevices opening

To receive and become one

With these roots

These Winter roots