Deeper Than Wide

Tangled Roots

Fire as a Material Thing, not an energy source. Note apparent solidity, opacity, of the flames.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deeper than wide, but both deep and wide,
the archetypal image of roots, resides in mind.
Your oak, not my maple.

Deeper than wide, but both deep and wide,
the tendrils of mind reach back in time
further than they spread in space.

Deeper than wide, the watcher gazes
at the tangled roots that are,
rather than the
teasing pyramidal archetype.

Deeper than wide, truth may be known.
Deeper than wide, truth has its tangles.
Deeper than wide, for now.

One day, the roots will spread,
grow wider than deep.
My maple, no longer your oak.

Wide and deep, deep and wide.
Truth eternally tangled.
Tangles once formed, tangle
forever.

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Shona

Engineering consultant by day, science fiction writer in off hours.

One thought on “Deeper Than Wide”

  1. Tangled roots entwine with life, supporting and affirming. I think I shall be happy to be a part of such a system, rooted and roots. 👏😊

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