My Pink Sunflower

I walk through the Valley of Darkness

Mountainous gargoyles upon me press

Alone like the wolf howling at the moon

My life framed by teardrops and wounds

Through my soul the cruel wind knifes

Emptiness has turned my heart to ice

My forlorn dreams barren as salted ground

I cannot run because Death is all around

The dark gray sky is a funeral shroud

Hope is trapped behind a sinister cloud

Suddenly a golden shaft of sunlight

Leaps through a tear in the leaden sky

Welcoming rays the Life Giver delivers

Illuminating a blazing field of sunflowers

Shimmering like an oasis in a spiritual void

Beckoning; an alluring siren I cannot avoid

Warm as yellow, the petals a sea of saffron

Like a million happy sunlit faces of children

Reaching ever higher toward the eternal fire

Dancing with ecstasy, joy, and mad desire

The caress of butterfly wings is gentle

Upon a Pink Sunflower's sensuous petals

How unusual!  How unique!  How magical!

This Pink is Creation's mesmerizing pinnacle!

More beautiful than all the yellow millions

The most special flower in life's grand cotillion

Every leaf radiating happiness, joy, and release

Every dewdrop glistening tranquility and peace

Exploding upon life's dark, cold emptiness

A Pink kaleidoscope of passion and purpose

I reach out to touch the soft Pink Sunflower

My world is transformed by its subtle power

Unending darkness is washed away by light

The gargoyles of Death recede into the night

The lonely wolf has become in my heart

A warm, furry puppy curled by the hearth

The sweet nectar of the tall Pink Sunflower

Is all the nourishment my soul will require

I am escaping from the Valley of Darkness

The Pink Sunflower is fulfilling my existence