A #Sunflower Grows – v3 #Ukraine

Day by day, stronger,
a seed grows, a hope,
taller and taller, resurgent,
climbing toward the sun
yearning, striving, into the light…
 
Ants and beetles, locusts,
nibble, shred its leaves, injured;
but it grows, it still grows, stronger,
chartreuse, bright green, vibrant green
verdant green, youthful, living, alive…
 
Needing the sky, the sun, the light,
four feet and more still, growing,
a single head, ready to unfurl
to burst forth, in glory, in praise,
singing a song for our Creator God…
 
Triumphant in blooming
vivid yellow, like the sun,
the beauty of their nation, their people
standing tall against the clear blue sky,
never far from the rich black soil,
the land they fight for, they love...

 
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Edited March 15, 2025
A Sunflower Grows – v3
 
edited March 15, 2022
A Sunflower Grows – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/a-sunflower-grows-v2.html
July 29, 2006 21:15
edited July 30, 2006 9:33
A Sunflower Grows
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/07/sunflower-grows_30.html
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edited May 8, 2018
Flowers Ablaze – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/05/flowers-ablaze-v2.html
October 15, 2006 15:56
Flowers Ablaze
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/10/flowers-ablaze.html
 
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