By and By

By and by-
it grows
as it grows.

The seeds-
scatter.

Some-
take root,
stay put.

Others-
tumble on the wind.

By and by-
time tests
the tap root.

Stable?
Anchored?
Or
Fragile?
Ready to topple?

Perhaps-
cast aside,
ignored.

It grows-
as it grows,
the essence
takes hold.

Some-
stubbornly rooted.

Others-
shift,
depending on
how the wind blows.

Let it be-
let it be
perpetual.

One who transplanted
sustains.
One who transplanted
remains.

Knowledge
Choices
Discoveries.

By and by.

~Daniela Thompson, 6/17/2020

Sitting Bones

Sitting bones-
seek comfort
relief.

Sitting knowing-
questions
never
to be answered.

Questions-
repeatedly asked

anyway.

Salty, salty tears-
stain plump,
pink cheeks.

Streaking, streaking-
the past runs away
in the heat.

Trickling-
to the chin
of the future.

Toward the heart-
carving the story,
eternally etched.

Details-
cemented
in the scars.

Sitting bones-
sit.

~Daniela Thompson, 6/10/2020