Rooted in the Pause
"Held by the dainty darkness of roots waiting to be nourished.
Stepping back inwards and asking what do I need.
Not what others need.
What do I need.
What is my body asking for to be fertilised from the inside out?"
This piece is a meditation on the fertile, often-forgotten pause that exists before growth—a moment many of us bypass in our rush to become, to fix, to bloom. It speaks to the sacred act of tuning inward, of choosing to listen to what the body is quietly asking for beneath the surface noise.
In a world that rewards outward productivity, this poem invites us to value the still, root-bound phases of life—the ones where things may not look like they’re moving, but where the groundwork of transformation is being laid.
It’s a reminder that we are cyclical beings. And that nourishment—true nourishment—starts not from what others prescribe, but from what arises when we honestly ask ourselves: What do I need?
This is an invitation to come home to your own soil. To listen. To soften. To begin again, from the inside out.
