Courage at Sunset with Sunflowers
Courage at Sunset with Sunflowers
In a field of sunflowers,
with a half sun
kissing the earth
behind you,
heads of yellow brushing
your hips, the sky
colors expanding, diminishing blue,
your silhouette, searching
head turning, nervous.
I know there is something
hunting you, love
under the yellow heads,
wanting to pull you,
below the beauty,
at night--
everyone else has gone.
The places you loved destroyed
by haunting memories,
you are still here, still waiting,
terrified, but I can hear you singing,
some old song of hope
so few know,
and through the darkness
of bright sunlight,
I am running,
to the music, you
are making, love.