Sunflower Bud

Pray tell the worth
Of modest flower bud
Upon the grassy plain.

It moves ordinary hearts
To muse ‘bout beauty and
Lifts the breath of life anew.

It embodies high hopes

And spunky notions
Of glory days untold.

It speaks of both
The past and future
In the same breath

And gives substance

To the whispers of God

Adrift on prairie winds.

    

© Ilija Lukić 2013

Just Before
(helianthus annuus, aka Annual Sunflower)