sunflower by summerfield

sunflower

love is storm and wind, then tide
all the tears your heart can hold
but i look back after loss of love
and find the days were gone

i see only shattered skies
not a ray of light to find
but i look back after loss of love
and sunlight blinds my mind

songs were sung with words as young as May
but in the mist of summer, winter came
a chill blew out the flame

now the words have haunted suns
ring as clear as they did then
still I look back after loss of love
and learn to love again
(mancini/Merrill)

-o0o-

passed by a lone sunflower. i couldn't see much these days and as I'm not used to wearing glasses, i, of course, forgot to carry my pair. so i took the high key route which was too bad because there was a rising moon behind it.

thank you so much for your kind visits and comments; know that they are truly appreciated. i'm slowly trying to catch up with your albums and hope to get caught up in the next few days.
nicely done in high key..
I drove to a field of these babies today.. such brightness.

July 11th, 2014  
@cheribug - jealous! take me with you. :-)
July 11th, 2014  
Oh I love the simplicity of this shot and the crop too. Fav for me.
July 11th, 2014  
There is ALWAYS a ray of light. Look again! :-)
Fantastic shot!
July 11th, 2014  
what a great shot to bring that ray of light back.
July 11th, 2014  
this is a beautiful shot! I love Sunflowers!
July 11th, 2014  
This poem is MOVING. The first two lines...awesome! I guess the next part confused me at first because he looks back after love is lost and sees only shatter skies and bad things, but then he says he looks back and sees only sunlight. .... I was thinking " If I lost the love of my life, I'd miss him but would still be greater/happier for all those years of joy and love." But THEN...I realized this speaker is referring to when you are in love and then out of love...not when someone dies. to me, when someone dies, the love doesn't die. So to me, this poem is saying that he was in a loving relationship, then love died, but he has hope to find a new one. Great great poem! And your photo! I love the high key! Came out NICE! Simple and stunning! Fav
July 11th, 2014  
This is a beautiful high key shot, stunning
That poem is beautiful too, emotional
July 11th, 2014  
@espyetta @claireuk - a long time ago, when the world was still very young and so was i, there was a sophia loren movie called "sunflowers". this was the theme music of that movie. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunflower_(1970_film)
July 11th, 2014  
@summerfield I need to SEE That!
July 12th, 2014  
What a yellow beauty and a moving poem. Thanks for sharing
July 12th, 2014  
Very pretty! The white background of course makes the lovely flower pop!
July 12th, 2014  
It is such a nice bright sunflower
July 12th, 2014  
beautiful
July 12th, 2014  
A FAV
July 14th, 2014  
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