Seeds of Love

Towers and temples,
skyscrapers and streetlights,

I can’t see the sky
from the littered streets
and the crowded horizon.

Signs and billboards,
neon lights and parking lots,
highways stretch
and our dollars do not.

Black and white thinking
replaces the color,
drags us down
fills our thoughts
with violence and destruction.

I wanted to do something
so I grew a sunflower for you.

Planted it in your mind
scattered the seeds
for all to see.

It is not too late…
 

(I pray it is not too late)

Look for me in the forests
in the wind in your hair,
and the sun on your face.

Life will continue…
and love will grow,

with or without us.

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