Rhizosphere

I feel a separation
separation from some of those I once knew
is it a prerequisite of transitions?
I feel some pain from this separation,
but simultaneously I don't associate myself with such activities
so I don't feel pain from exclusion.
Maybe it's my cynic-like attitude toward some perspectives
or that I'm not living the 4th anymore.
My community is more like the rhizosphere of an oak,
deep and taprooted into the parent material
so then it's harder to relate to these adventitious rooters
even though we get along so well in this rhizoecosystem.