When the Sunflowers Fade
The sunflowers know when it is light, and when it is dark.
In the light, they open their petals and reach their long necks toward the warmth of the sun. In the dark, they dip their heads and pull their petals inward.
Flowers understand the difference between light and dark. Warmth and chill. Opening and closing.
My life, like that of a vibrant sunflower, has also walked on the wild edge of light and dark — warmth and cold, soft and hard.
Sunflowers are fascinating, poetic, romantic, and true to themselves.
In the early morning, the sunflower faces east, waiting for the first touch of light. Throughout the day, it tracks the sun across the sky, following warmth with its whole body. And when darkness comes, it bows its head and turns back toward the east, where the sun will rise again.
The sunflower knows where to turn to find the light. And eventually, it finds its permanent position there — forever peaking toward the sun, waiting only for light, day after day, until the cold weather comes, the leaves fall from its center, and the sunflower fades back into the earth.
A beautiful metaphor for all that I have experienced, as I wake each morning in search of the light.
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