Sunflowers by Jc Fairchild

We walked beside the giver’s trees My arms not bundled full The sunflowers that were waiting for me Yellow petals shooting up and jumping when time came for my call

Jobs ending, and the wind was flowing through the green meadows A few miles to travel that far, horses galloping in the distance My blue pants were not stained with any grass and dirt, but of soot The smell of the unground work, that sprinted to the sun

Mother nature wafting the yellow curtain over the sky Pink hues to simmer like warm tingly sweet soup That I once had when I was young That led me to watch the moon and discuss why he never showed on his weekends

They let me pick them from the Earth, love inside their brown and black seeds And carry them up through the hills, no such thing as the lonely woods Rabbits clapped their tiny claws, and laid beside the clover piles Who sat tall and whispered hello to my sunflowers

We passed by the tucked under orange blanket hay piles And passed the old gent’s garden of peppers Over water troughs, the water tickled But all my flowers did was smile and wave

As we walked through and from, past the goats and sheep that bahhed Chickens jogging to their eggs, tucking and laying a pillow to them They turned their heads upon me, and let me go my way The flowers never drooped, but perked up each time that I turned Sunflowers Jc Fairchild

Some snoozing in my arms, green smooth stems upon my elbow Some dancing with the rays the sun dazzled to them Bestowing a ball of light and gust of wind to make us feel warm Like everything she could give, her children walking far from their newly discovered homes

Their strong green leaves pushing up, and wooing Mother nature on As we climbed past the wooden fencing, the white streaked door stood big and tall Little raindrops to cower and swirl from painted rain clouds A fresh breeze to breath, felt like standing by my place by the rivers when I was a teen

The warm air grasped my hair, the red locks being combed The flowers nodded their heads, when I made way A wicker basket sat beside the white buttered door And off I set them gently, so sad to say goodbye

They only peeked upon me, a bit of a surprise Leaving my smoky, freckled arms And silently swayed to say good day, a small smile upon the petals And returned to a spring’s nap again

And as I walked back to the city, The rain showered upon me and scrubbed me down Mother nature standing by the door, snapping her fingers to do just so Some petals jumped on all points, and flew in the wind in circles

Squinting an eye upon the rain drops, Being poured heavy like a bucket down a drain The petals stuck to my face, and the basket stirred like a cradle The sunflowers gazed at me, and waved their tiny leaves

Sticking their tongues out at me, like a funny childlike game And enjoying the bath of rain, I was out till the sun went to sleep The little petals chased me, as I picked the soppy soft petals off my face They tangled themselves in my hair, and wanted me to stay

The moon finally made his greeting And the rain began to stop And the peaceful silence, a coin could be dropped I looked upon the stars, like fresh gold buttons laid

And suddenly I was back to my city home Sitting beside my machinery, a sooty coughing night Bare light to show me anything, not even a friend in need Making the green, but green was cash here

But the shimmer of a late wanderer walked far outside with a candle And I knew it when I saw it, a tucked away venture point of yellow Ignore the metal and grinding gears from my fellow workers And my feet are planted firm upon the fresh greener grass

Suddenly I can see them, picture them standing there Walking alongside the wooden fences, some hazy yellow skipping in twos Peering up at me, gazing like newborn children Saying “where have you been?!” and Mother nature taking me back in

And the wind swinging through the leaves, to comb my neat hair To something wild, a bit extreme, or perhaps a game of tag Giving me all the dreams, I left back in that spring A traveler’s shoes to arrive when the clock goes ding!