Into the Field of Sunflowers

Come with me into the field of sunflowers, Mary Oliver invites in one of her poems, for their wonderful stories.


“…Don’t be afraid
to ask them questions!
Their bright faces,

which follow the sun,
will listen, and all
those rows of seeds –
each one a new life!

hope for a deeper acquaintance;
each of them, though it stands
in a crowd of many,
like a separate universe,

is lonely, the long work
of turning their lives
into a celebration
is not easy…. ~ Mary Oliver

What is your long work of turning?

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