Coarse skinned
Rough edged
Old and aged
Wrinkled and twisted
Convoluted in the inside
Invisible on the outside
Bear the weight of the world on
your shoulders
Silently
Quietly
Selflessly
You are there to hold up the short and tall
You give of yourself
Yet take nothing at all
You’ll shatter yourself before you let your dear fall
You carry tremendous stress and strain
But You never complain no matter the pain
The foundation of the green
The base that supports the tree
You nurture life to the leaf
You create breath for man to breathe
You Show that when I connect to my past I connect to eternity
Roots of the tree
Oh how you You inspire me to be
To be strong and to lead
To believe in the power of a seed
To be bold and free
To be unafraid of my own identity
To carry my burdens with serenity
To be at peace with my invisibility
No matter how coarse I appear to be
No matter what the world thinks of me
Roots of MY tree
Oh how you inspire me to be