Natalie Nazer Cosby
Watercolor and ink
12x16"
 
Grounded

I asked The Mother how to be more grounded.
She pointed to my feet
and said “grow your roots deep
Into Mother Earth,
and know that you are rooted in me.”

Roots sprung forth from my soul through my soles
Rushing into Her nourishment,
Reaching into every corner of Her being.
“Don’t be afraid of taking up too much space in me,”
She said,
“There is no such thing.
I am expansive,
I am abundance,
I hold all that you need.

The deeper your roost, the less you’ll giveaway and sway
to the winds that try to blow you away
From the knowledge of whose dust it was from whence you came.
Know,
that you are my seed
And you are meant to grow just like me;
As tall,
as wide,
as deep,
as grand as the trees.”

By Natalie Nazer Cosby