SAM TUMBLIN

.Rooted Meanings

A root can have many meanings,
Oftentimes depends on where you’re leaning.
Present and past lineage intertwined,
Tracing silent footsteps left behind.

Some roots anchor deep within the earth,
Holding steady through famine and mirth.
Others travel through blood and name,
Generations carrying an unseen flame.

Roots can be lessons buried in time,
Echoes of reason, rhythm, and rhyme.
Whispers from ancestors long since gone,
Yet somehow their spirit still carries on.

Some seek roots to discover their place,
Searching old stories etched into a face.
Others plant new roots wherever they stand,
Cultivating tomorrow with heart and hand.

Whether beneath soil or woven through kin,
Roots reveal where we’ve traveled and been.
Though branches may wander beneath the sky,
The root remembers the reason why.