Towering tall, and smiling benignly on all <br />The sunflower stands. <br />Giant of heart and of limb. <br />Soaking up power, as hour by dazzling hour <br />The sunflower stares, face upward <br />And heat pours in. <br /> <br /> <br />Unseeing eyes, searching threatening skies, <br />The sunflower waits. <br />Thirst quenches growth all around. <br />Motionless leaves curl as they beckon the breeze. <br />The sunflower sinks feet deeper <br />Into parched ground. <br /> <br /> <br />Glistening seeds, bubbling in mane of wet gold, <br />The sunflower drinks <br />Deep of the cool summer rain. <br />Lion of flowers yields to deluging hours. <br />The sunflower sighs - unheard <br />Then smiles again.<br /><br />Fay Slimm<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-sunflower-4/
