Roots

The Snarled Web

Shedding Roots, acrylic by artist Michelle Lindblom

Roots
move in directions
unforeseen
reckless
spontaneous.
Sometimes plotted and forged.

Much like life.

Who’s to say
which directions are right
or wrong?

Assessing
without knowing the backstory.

My roots
reveal a snarled web.
A complex system
of surrender
and unintentional abandonment.

Life’s twists and turns
taking hold of
young souls.

Creating complications that
were justified
but not understood.

Judgement
and stubbornness take hold
at the expense of compassion.

Those roots are embedded
in my soul.
I carry on
knowing the context.
Unsnarling the web.

This poem is a precursor to an article I have been writing and cannot seem to…