Sunflower Poem by Shirley Harrison

From a seed I grew

and now I'm grown

I find, I have a hole in my soul

nothing in this world can fill it

my heart has a constant headache

my feet, they tap dance to the silence

silence and disbelief

of what this world has come too

and my eyes?

closed until further notice

well I'm trying not to open them

in hope

it is all a bad dream

at least when they are closed

I can see

the beautiful sunflower

that is me.