Once up on a giant sunflower,
A pink fairy lost her way in grand green fields
She sat alone for what seemed hours
When out of nowhere a blue dragonfly yields
Will you come and sit with me before you go?
The dragonfly stayed and sang a lovely lullaby
Follow the riverbed, listen to the water flow
The way to anywhere whispered the wise dragonfly
Give me a trowel, seeds, a straw hat, and a boat load of dirt.
Dump it into a fierce pile, and I will throw myself onto it.
Hugging it like a California hippie hugs her trees.
Hire me a tiller and let me make friends with the earth worms.
I will plant potatoes, tomatoes, lettuce, peas, carrots and beans,
daffodils, cone flowers, roses, lilacs, crepe myrtle, and marigolds.
Spending six to eight glorious hours outside, being a gardener.
Renegade plants will admire me and push up through the soil.
I will have violets, red mushrooms, and Queen Anne’s Lace.
There might be a giant sunflower, and my apple tree will blossom.
Give me a plant, a bush, a tree, or a seed and stand back.
We might grow Jack’s beanstalk because my thumb is this green!
shining summertime
a giant, sunflower prowls
in the daylight shown
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blazing sunflower
giant, bloom orange yellow
after the petals
7/5/20
WRITTEN WORDS BY James Edward Lee Sr. 2020©
Giant, tell me a story
Giant, can't tell me a lie
Giant raise to the sun with your story
Giant follow it through the sky
A story of the very hard workers who seek their needs and stay for a while
Sometimes they'll trust giant with their lives
Giant told me a story of why sunshine rides so high
Giant showed me the meaning of standing tall and facing life
Giant sleep under the moonlight
Giant keep the workers tucked up tonight
Giant sunflower will bask in the Suns glory sharing with bees their meaning of life
Giant sunflower will sleep, sometimes tired bees will stay all through the night
Giant sunflower will tell you a story
Of nature, of life in a different world to yours and mine
Giant sunflower will show you its journey
If you stay and watch for a while.
The way ahead is open
The way ahead is clear
The sun shines over
The sky is vast and near
I reach upward seeking
The warmth of natural heat
I follow the path of the
golden ball as it retreats
Each day I show my appreciation
To the star of glowing heat
The bees buzz and fall sleepy
I let them stay for free
I see the birds and the people
Looking up at me.
Giant is what they all say as they cast their eyes on me
I stay a while for their admiration
And then I go to sleep
I seed my life for others to see similar to me
A giant sunflower gives some pleasure to humans, birds and bees.
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