August 4, 2012

• The Sunflower’s Motion

  

  The Sunflower’s Motion

   At dawn, when the yellow orb first appears

  The sunflower’s face eagerly awakens

  And traces the trajectory of that sun

  As it rises and ascends to its zenith.

  Where at noon, that seeded yellow face

  Stretches and shines its golden reflection

  Back to the originating source of light.

  And then it follows that chariot of fire

  Down, down, to the Westerly horizon

  And then more as it droops its dark face

  Peering down to the leafy lawn

  Where its petals will lie strewn

  In all too short a time.

   

  David Kimball

   

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