Sunflower ...

 A sunflower is an inspiration.  It captivates attention.   Beginning as a tender shoot it grows tall.  The lovely head faces heavenward reaching for the light.  Bees and butterflies find rest among the unfurled petals.

 

 

  With maturity this flower learns to bend and twist providing shelter for lower growing neighbors.  

 

As summer's time starts the slow dance to autumn beauty becomes a faded memory.

 

 Growing old this plant continues giving.   The dried head yields sustenance to the birds of the air.

The sturdy stems age and begin to bough.  Remaining seeds fall downward.  They have come home for the winter.

 

When spring makes her return young sprouts will rise and life will abound.

 

 

"The one who believes in me will live, even though they die;"   John 11:25

 

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