Once thick stalked <br />Near 7 feet <br />Deep green <br />With a light <br />Filled harvest moon face <br />Fringed tendril <br />Encircled <br />Your radiant smile <br />Reaching out <br />Warming <br />Gardened hearts <br />Now <br />Glum <br />Appears <br />Your <br />Face searching the earth <br />Wondering, <br />It seems, <br />If your <br />Once strong <br />Hard-bodied <br />Essence will <br />Nourish <br />The essence <br />Of light and love <br /> <br />(Winter Sunflower, Tennessee <br />December 29,2006)<br /><br />Debora Short<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-tilling-under/
