Sunflower in the Dark<\/p>\n
By<\/p>\n
Jennifer Angelina Petro<\/p>\n
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At night sunflower<\/p>\n
bow your head,<\/p>\n
so your seeds look<\/p>\n
longingly at the ground.<\/p>\n
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Open<\/p>\n
your palms so the moon can fill them<\/p>\n
with silver light\u2014its drapery liminal<\/p>\n
and gauzy, persuading<\/p>\n
water to rise to your roots.\u00a0 It is important.<\/p>\n
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The night says so.\u00a0 You are<\/p>\n
a flower.\u00a0 You are<\/p>\n
radiant.\u00a0 You are<\/p>\n
still growing.<\/p>\n
you still carry the future. Remember<\/p>\n
the sky.<\/p>\n
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Allow me<\/p>\n
to hold you,<\/p>\n
in the soft shawl of my arms, allow me<\/p>\n
to touch your face<\/p>\n
with starlight.\u00a0 You are<\/p>\n
still capable of leaning<\/p>\n
into the wind and staying<\/p>\n
strong.\u00a0 You are<\/p>\n
holy, so sway,<\/p>\n
and sway\u2014<\/p>\n
feel that\u2014feel the cool night wind.<\/p>\n
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And know this: you will<\/p>\n
turn your face to the sun again, you will<\/p>\n
be drenched in light.\u00a0 You will.<\/p>\n
You will.<\/p>\n
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