Roots Firm in the Ground

We live, we breathe. What should we achieve? Is it

taken for granted? Our time on Earth is limited, like a tree starting new life.

So roots must be firmly planted, no twisting of the knife. What to see

when eyes are open? What do you see when eyes are closed?

To need to put some work in, not rely on what's opposed.

You can build it up. You can knock it down. You can start

all over again. The most important thing, only you will ever know

when. There will never be a straight path, you'll take knocks