Roots of the Earth Napowrimo day 5

Roots of the earth.

Long grown, and nutritious
You stab down
Deep into the ground.
Anchoring us to our land.
Nailing us to our soil.
A sweet, starch store
Of Winter food and memory.
Of Orange Spears
Of Purple Haze and Eskimo
White woody foundations of the past
Parsley Hamburg
And Javelin.
Red and white rivets of history.
Sparkler.
White Icicle
Sakurajima Mammoth.
You helped us build a future
Helped us grow
Nurtured our bodies, and souls
Yet we rejected you.
Aimed for visual perfection
Of bigger, better, more.
Sanitised our world
Our future
By changing the past
Forgetting our history
Losing our memory.
Losing the Roots of the World.
Let the seeds of your children be more forgiving of our foolishness.
Let them feed and grow our memory once more!

5th April 2016
Carrots, parsnips and radish!