Sunflower

There is a Sunflower who stands tall, proud, erect

outside my bathroom window.

One of all the rest facing away from the morning sun,

having the sun always at her back for support,

to face me as I awake to my morning practice.

She is there in Goddess form

to bring me a message,

supporting me each day in the first rays of sun.

To stand tall, be me, be proud-

Full of joy, beauty, grace, strength, resilience.

To remember who I am and to stand for me.

To spread joy and sunshine even in the darkest days and hours.

To not allow anyone to steal that joy or destroy my spirit.

And I prayed to her

And to the earth that supports her

To the rainfall that renews her

To the wind that blows to make her stalk stronger and more resilient.

To be in me.

And my movements felt stronger,

My limbs longer.

My feet planted, I felt steadier.

My breath, freer.

More open, free, alive, magnificent-

As a reflection, a part of,

the Sunflower who faces me radiantly to

remind me of my Light.