The Dance of the Ancient Souls

Roots

Roots are the beginning of being.
They remind us where we come from and offer a direction back to ourselves.

They are the ground of our birth,
the roots of our parents, and the traces reaching deep into generations before us.

Life can uproot us, through migration, displacement,
or loss, yet the roots never disappear.

They remain, like silent threads beneath the soil,
invisible but present,
carrying memories and the untold stories.

Today, these movements continue.
Millions cross borders, driven by necessity, longing, or hope.

Their journeys echo those of our ancestors,
who once left homelands,
crossed oceans, and planted themselves in unfamiliar soil.

To speak of roots is to recognize that we are part of an ancient, ongoing movement: uprooted and replanted,
carrying both absence and growth,
always in a relation to what was and to what is yet to come.


— Camille Renée Devid —