.
As the rosebud slowly opens
In the warm rays of the sun
She proudly displays
To the admiring gaze
Of everyone looking on
.
But the kindly sun who gave her life
Is the self-same sun to cause her death
And her rich colour wanes
While he sucks dry her veins
Until she exhales her last breath
.
©DGA 23 January 2012 07:06
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23/01/2012 at 7:41 am
But she can live on as pot pourri 🙂
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23/01/2012 at 3:11 pm
Haha, Cin… I suppose so, but it seems so sad.
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23/01/2012 at 8:22 am
Awww, so sad, the little sunflower – but her seeds make sure she lives again to see another sun!
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23/01/2012 at 3:12 pm
Yes, Barb, seeds for propagation sounds much nicer than pot pourri, doesn’t it.
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23/01/2012 at 8:41 am
Is it possible that what gives us life could be the same thing that takes it away from us?
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23/01/2012 at 3:15 pm
I think everything in life is a circle, Inzwakazi. The earth circles the sun. The moon circles the earth. The seasons come over and over again in turn, as do day and night, life and death…
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23/01/2012 at 4:20 pm
Sounds similar to the human body … as it withers on the vine of life.
Blessings – Maxi
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24/01/2012 at 6:53 am
Just the same, Maxi… 🙂 Bless you too.
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23/01/2012 at 5:45 pm
And such is the circle of life…beautiful poem Denise
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24/01/2012 at 6:54 am
And so it goes, Jake… Thank you.
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23/01/2012 at 7:40 pm
Oh the give and take…
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24/01/2012 at 6:56 am
Circles, within circles, Liz…
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23/01/2012 at 10:24 pm
Starling end,. I didn’t see this one coming. Everything does indeed have its cycle.
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24/01/2012 at 6:58 am
Yes, they do, Jeannie, some longer and some shorter…
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24/01/2012 at 3:27 am
Excellent!
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24/01/2012 at 6:59 am
So nice to see you here, Connor. 😀
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24/01/2012 at 4:25 am
The circle of life . . . led by the sun. 😀
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24/01/2012 at 7:00 am
It appears to be, Nancy. But in a circle who can tell who’s leading whom? 🙂
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24/01/2012 at 6:08 am
‘live and die by the sword’ 🙂 Good one adeeyoyo – sad but true.
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24/01/2012 at 7:01 am
It is sad, Gabe. Also seems quite cruel sometimes…
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24/01/2012 at 10:22 am
Yes, it’s true if we live by the sword we die by the sword…But, isn’t it beautiful knowing that when we die by the sun…we can live forever…in the Son.
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24/01/2012 at 12:48 pm
Excellent, Paul! What a great comment, my friend.
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24/01/2012 at 12:47 pm
Strangely enough, I read this morning
“If you think you can have good without evil,
right without wrong, order without chaos,
you understand nothing
about the laws of the universe.
You cannot have Heaven without Earth.”
– ChuangTzu
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24/01/2012 at 12:52 pm
Wow!!! I like that and I think balance throughout everything is necessary – for now anyway, but it needs a lot of thought… would Earth then equate with Hell? There are some who think that…
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24/01/2012 at 12:57 pm
I love Chuang Tzu’s thought. A great course of inspiration.
http://www.sacred-texts.com/tao/mcm/index.htm
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24/01/2012 at 1:12 pm
Thank you so much for the link! 😀
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24/01/2012 at 9:31 pm
Beautiful work.
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25/01/2012 at 8:06 am
Thanks, Hook. 🙂
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25/01/2012 at 6:33 am
I like the giant sun flowers. They command the garden with their stature and stand defiantly against their inevitable demise.
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25/01/2012 at 8:07 am
They are very regal looking, Carl. Beautiful, I agree!
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25/01/2012 at 7:26 pm
That’s how life is.. to live and die.. but its up to us as to what we make of it in the middle.
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26/01/2012 at 6:59 am
Yes, that’s where all our choices lie, Epizeuxis. 🙂
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