Do you see me?
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I poke out my fingers when I’m a mangrove
I lift up my knees as a cypress
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I am stories of ancestors before you
I a myths and legends from lands and people long gone
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Do you see me?
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Sometimes I am a carrot or a beet
Sometimes fungus is my coworker
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Do you see me?
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I’m the eyes you got from mom
I’m the city where you were born
I’m the fibers that send water up to the sunflower
I’m the reason why islands stay together
I am roots
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I am the roots you have found
Forever intertwined with many others
Forever connecting sisters and brothers
As in our blood, they are in the ground