House of Terra

Rootbound

For Draven and the House of Earth

I was born beneath the roots,
not in halls nor under banners,
but where stone remembers every name
it ever held beneath its weight.

We do not rush.
We do not rise like fire or storm.
We grow.
Through frost. Through famine. Through silence.

The earth does not speak quickly,
but when it does,
the world listens.

We are the ones who bury the dead,
but we also plant the seeds.
We kneel not in fear
but to build.

So call us slow,
but call us standing
long after towers fall.

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