Day 264 - Sunflower Fields Fading

The years grow shorter and tired now

Petals close upon memories that set with the sun

Away from the summer light life pulls you

Your own princess begins her journey

And your energy is used up helping her

As she bursts into bloom the way all children do

It is your laughing husband spinning his daughter about

When you return to your quiet sunflower fields

It is making way for life, as it surrenders its own

You are still learning from this place even today

Wrapped in a cardigan in hopes of not fading with the wind

Your precious flowers have had a long life of brightness

They with time grow less stocky and you find yourself following suit

You show your daughter how to eat the delicious seeds

And she laughs out loud, shaking them for music, growing faster every day

You slide some seeds under her pillow tonight, for sweet dreams

And under your own as you used to save pressed petals in your books

Planning to take them out to bring your field to life again, you smile

Day 260 - Modern Interruptions

These trees were once without interruption

No lines to choke the sky from blue to black

As the world has fallen to corruption

And we linger on telephone lines to get it back

We ought to bruise our egos instead

Of claiming the whole earth until we find it dead

Let's pull our trees into the foreground

And let the wires slowly disappear

Life can become a little more renowned

And the atmosphere a bit more clear

Let's make the choice right now, not wait

Before the Earth dies with the last words of "too late"