Benevolent Beauty

Spring is coming, chasing the snow and ice. My favorite plant thrives in heat, well-known. Her blossoms, a symbol of sacrifice for the winter's harshness, she will atone. Sturdy perennial, roots grow and spread; she turns her face to the sun when full blown. Extra fine feature of each prime flow'r head is infinite, edible seeds, homegrown . The Dutchman, Vincent Van Gogh entertained to paint many sunflow'rs oft overblown. Less known facts, national bloom of Ukraine, Kansas' state blossom , a smell all her own. Sunflow'r, a symbol of sacrifice shown I save some of her seeds to be resown. written July 4, 2018 contest: Your Best Sonnet 2018, John Hamilton