Rooted Voices

by Emma Freeman

May the soft living roots in our voices

continue to climb slowly

down down down

into the rich earth of our sacred bodies

anchoring us in uncommon depths

grounding our silent and spoken conversations

weaving through the stories we tell each other and ourselves

about who we are and who we are not

about what we feel and quietly sense 

May they nourish all that we keep buried and hidden from view

and soak in the light of our tender truths

endlessly expanding the fertile ground 

where love can emerge through us…