101

 We place so much value on the hundredth thing,

but what about her one hundred and first thought?

I think this one-hundred-and-first thought holds just as much depth as the first, if not more.

You see, when Penny For Your Thoughts was merely a thought, I was a child and acted as one.

The thoughts were worth a cent and had the depth of a hundredth of a dollar. 

We see 101 as a base level. 

I cannot say that I am grown, 

nor that my thoughts are worth any more than a penny still.

I simply know where I have been 

and where my writing was.

I know who I am,

and what my writing has grown to be.

Be patient,

there is more

to come.

-Emma Lancaster