The Root of Us All<\/p>\n
By<\/p>\n
Jennifer Angelina Petro<\/p>\n
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Flowers flower from the branch,<\/p>\n
Branches flower from the tree,<\/p>\n
Trees flower from the ground,<\/p>\n
The ground flowers from the earth,<\/p>\n
The earth flowers from love\u2019s universe,<\/p>\n
Love\u2019s universe flowers from many minds<\/p>\n
And many hearts and many wishes and many prayers.<\/p>\n
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Minds flower from seed,<\/p>\n
Hearts flower from fire,<\/p>\n
Wishes flower from all children,<\/p>\n
Prayers flower from pain.<\/p>\n
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You flower from me,<\/p>\n
I flower from you,<\/p>\n
We flower from need,<\/p>\n
And need flowers from desire,<\/p>\n
Desire flowers from all space,<\/p>\n
And all time, and everything right<\/p>\n
With the world.<\/p>\n
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Waves flower from the sea,<\/p>\n
The sea flowers from longing,<\/p>\n
Longing flowers from love once known<\/p>\n
Calling us home,<\/p>\n
Home flowers from hearth and bed.<\/p>\n
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Love flowers from our hands,<\/p>\n
Our hands flower from our limbs,<\/p>\n
Our limbs flower from our bodies,<\/p>\n
Our bodies flower from union,<\/p>\n
Union flowers from creation everlasting<\/p>\n
Everlasting flowers from joy,<\/p>\n
Joy flowers from need,<\/p>\n
Need flowers from want,<\/p>\n
Want flowers from gardens of many fragrances and colors,<\/p>\n
Many colors flower from infinity\u2019s imagination,<\/p>\n
Imagination flowers from the hands of a child,<\/p>\n
And a child is the root of us all,<\/p>\n
All of us flower from variety\u2019s branches,<\/p>\n
Branches flower from the tree,<\/p>\n
The tree flowers from the ground,<\/p>\n
The ground flowers from where you stand,<\/p>\n
Your standing flowers from community,<\/p>\n
Community flowers hands opening,<\/p>\n
Hands opening flower from pain lived,<\/p>\n
Pain lived flowers from the bravery of a child,<\/p>\n
And a child is the root of us all.<\/p>\n
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