unshakable, roots

sinking through
unfathomable depths,
sanded against the grains
of this hallowed earth,
rooting for themselves
and what they serve,
melting into their own skins
first,
burning through the quiet
of an incorrigible resolve
to thrive, not just survive,
defying sky and water
and everything between,
without a whisper,
yet shaking themselves
free of it all,
to remain unshakable,
roots.