Sunflowers - a Poem by Tamar

In the spring time she planted some sunflower seeds
They grew in the backyard among all the weeds
The grasses grew wild and the thistles grew tall
But the seeds starting growing and outgrew them all
In august the flowers would follow the sun
And pray in the evening when daylight was done
And the seeds in their petals were food for the birds
Who would thank her by tweeting their little bird words
...

In October the stems lost their strength and bowed down
And the frost in the morning turned yellow to brown
And she gathered the seeds so when spring came again
She would scatter them out to the sun and the rain
They would grow in the backyard again, feed the birds
Who would sing her their songs with their little bird words.
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The seasons would pass as her years added on
Til one summer she sighed and her spirit was gone
So her children would gather the sunflower seeds
And there on her grave they would grow with the weeds
Til they outgrew the grasses, the thistles and all,
And they’d sway in the sunlight, so yellow and tall,
And she smiled from above at the sound of the birds
Who ate all the seeds and and sang little bird words.