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My Sunflower
You were the Sunflower who wouldn't follow the sun
Bend to its light, but cherished the night and
That's how I knew you were just right for me.
Together we felt like the first chickens destined
For flight, but it's hard to get off the ground when
You weren't meant to, and it's far too easy to
Run around with your head cut off then it
Should be. The heart has a way of pumping passion
When the brain's beyond reason and
Sometimes it helps, but more often it hurts.
I've become fearful for our future more then is helpful,
I've wondered more then I care too if I'm really
Your reciprocal, because at times I feel like I
Have a denominator of zero, and you, your
Denominator feels like infinity. Maybe that's
Okay, but maybe love like that isn't meant to last.
You'll always be like a constellation I'll never
Fully figure out, your mystery will always
Leave me coming back and your story
Will be the only one I recite from memory.
Still I wonder which one of us is crazier
And if you're settling, if I'll ever be enough,
Something as spectacular as you should never
Have to settle. I'd give you this world
If only it was mine, but I hope you'll
Take all my time. Will you lend me some of
Your bravery so I can be what I hope
You see in me, and if not know when
Winter comes and the fields are barren of all
But you my Sunflower I'll rise from my depths
Again and again to greet you in the spring,
I can transverse that darkness as long
As you will still have me.
