I knew a plant
Whose roots were bound
And returned

Into the ground

Every day

I watched it grow
Every day
It struggled so


Roots were bound roots were bound
Roots were bound into the ground

Watched it grow watched it grow
Watched it as it struggled so


I dug it up
I cut the twine
And so like this

I made it mine

I watched it drink

And watched it feed
And grow beyond
It's simple need


Cut the twine cut the twine
Cut the twine and made it mine

Watched it feed watched it feed
Watched it feed the simple need


Unbound roots unbound
Unbound into the ground
Unbound roots unbound

Unbound into the ground

I was once

Bound at the root
Confined with twine
Both mind and foot


I cut it loose
And now am free

As anything
Alive can be


At the root bound at the root
Confined both mind and foot
Am free now am free

As anything alive can be

Unbound roots unbound

Unbound into the ground
Unbound roots unbound
Unbound into the ground