Toronto flora of “high summer”: The Sunflower
Posted: July 31, 2013 Filed under: Alexander Best, English, IMAGES Comments Off on Toronto flora of “high summer”: The Sunflower
Sunflower – dawn, high noon or dusk hour –
Why, for me, do you have such power?
You: my glad face when I’m
open to joy, not anger’s toy; when I’m
frank with feeling, not secretly reeling.
Go ahead, you nod, do your best, you nod,
And the rest of your pals say: we knew that you could!
You are eager and honest and simple and true
– and guess why I love you so?
’cause my spirit grows
when we’re face to face
– and then I can re-join the human race.
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Alexander Best, July 31st, 2013
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