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inkedgoddess
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-11-19

Posts 7392
Ohio

0 posted 2003-07-15 11:54 PM

Soon they will erupt,
and break the skin
of their brown bellied mother that shelters them,
they will dance long beneath a harvest moon
remaining one of the last of summers blooms,
they will smile to me again,
goofy yellow faces on roadsides,
garden variety crowd pleasers
towering high on the ladder of the plant kingdom,
weighing my arms heavily with the farmers market
they will again play tug of war on my heart,
as if i had any more control over their birth
than that of my own seedlings,
as i both swelled with life
and pitied my babys entrance into this absurd world
worrying of their future
way before their first steps,
they surround me like blaring trumpets,
mellow yellow they will absorb my spirit
when i lay down to dust again,
i celebrate their arrival
and dread their message once they've shriveled amid
the other produce that makes the birds swoop down,
o the flowers of the sun, flores del sol..........
the climax of an ascending season..................

[This message has been edited by inkedgoddess (07-16-2003 06:31 AM).]

vlraynes
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-07-25

Posts 8229
Somewhere... out there...

1 posted 2003-07-15 11:58 PM

Michele...this is such a beautiful and touching write.
This reached in and tugged.
Hugs to you,
~Vicky
"...until you have read the verse on his heart,
you have not truly met the poet.
~vlraynes

littlewing
Member Rara Avis

since 2003-03-02

Posts 9655
New York

2 posted 2003-07-16 12:10 PM

Michele, you know at first I thought of daisies here . . . you and daisies always but every summer I plant sunflowers - amybe 10 - 15 of them and this reminded me of that exactly and God it is July already -
Ahhh . . . this was bittersweet indeed
You are amazing . . .
xxoo

BluesSerenade
Member Patricius

since 2001-10-23

Posts 10549
By the Seaside

3 posted 2003-07-16 12:28 PM

Ummm, your girlielocks are showing, and you are just as pretty as a picture,
even when you're engaging in that dreaded tug of war!

[This message has been edited by BluesSerenade (07-16-2003 12:46 AM).]

QjQ
Member Elite

since 2003-04-18

Posts 3756
U.S.A.

4 posted 2003-07-16 10:26 PM

very nice,,,,

A voice of honesty
   is treasured
more than voices
   of flattery
      QjQ

dreambuilder
Member

since 2003-03-23

Posts 319
caddyshack

5 posted 2003-07-16 10:48 PM

I too thought of sunflowers in the beginning
also the flowered hill country of Texas
http://www.io.com/~maddog/photos_f.htm
although pictures don't do it justice

and my dear Goddess - I'm sure your children are a blessing both to you & everyone they meet

I truly enjoyed this one
& as always I look forward to more
Mike

. . . all that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream . . .

inkedgoddess
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-11-19

Posts 7392
Ohio

6 posted 2003-07-16 11:02 PM

thank you viraynes.....its nice to see u stop by

sue, yes they are my absolute favorite, and
i always wanted to sing about them, and i wish i had a greener thumb to grow them as tall as i like them

lori, thanks i knew you'd understand, dont you love these blonde moments?

q.......thanks for stopping in again

dreamermike.....thank you.....i just love when a man sends me flowers

Kaoru

Member Elite

since 2003-06-07

Posts 3892
where the wild flowers grow

7 posted 2003-07-16 11:04 PM

WOW.

Your writing just consumes,
in a good way

To the library it goes!

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