#root bound

My dad and I got this peace lily some time ago. Its flower things have died, but the green parts looked fine. Or, it did until the other day, when one leaf turned yellow. I saw online It could be caused by soil with too little nutrients or drought stress. So I took a closer look at its soil….

Root Bound

For @flashfictionfridayofficial 157 prompt : Need more space

Tangled

Tight together

Searching for space

Room to grow

Until

Someone notices

And lifts it out

Gently shakes out the roots

Placing it in a bigger pot

Room to grow

For a plant

It is easy to fix root bound issues

But what of a person

Filling stuck

No room to grow

In a relationship

A job

A family that doesn’t understand

That what they are expected to be

They can’t

How to their roots get shaking out?

How to they grow?

Sometimes you just have to uproot yourself

Have to push out and make your own space.

So this is my Alocasia Sarian, who lives on my desk. She’s fairly tall and for the longest time was allowed to grow in one singular direction. However, since her lean was becoming a bit much I rotated her 90 degrees so any new leaves would hopefully assist in balancing the plant.