Rootbound
I have a running list of “take root” tasks
that cannot be begun until we know where
we’re living next.
Until then I drift, waiting
to be planted, growing top heavy
with ideas, dreams
spilling over like catmint
cascading down the pot, miniscuile
blue flowers a landing pad for bees,
roots constrained by a future yet to be
unlocked.
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Thank you for this. As I continue to come to terms with the place I can’t unroot from due to medical constraints, and as a person who has taken root lots of places, all of which I liked more than this one, my read recognizes so much in here. You get a lot done in these lines. I hope your place gets to you soon <3
Beautiful extended metaphor! Thank you.
I love this poem! “….top heavy with ideas”—I so resonate. Roots “locked” in a pot too small. Yes, thank you!
What a perfect metaphor. I feel this too!