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Rooted Things
written on retreat at Gethsemane Trappist Monastery
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Rooted Things

'Tis the rooted things withstanding
the tugging, wayward wind,
while those that break away so free
fly, yes, but powerless,
fettered by wind's whimsy
'til cast carelessly away
and trapped in mire and mud
or trampled underfoot,
at last in swampy prison held
to dream of rooted days.
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