Look This Way

Look This Way

I can’t quite wrap my head around
the hatred that person spreads
the inhuman orders carried out in his name
the hurt he hurls without a tinge of regret
the harm they flesh out under our flag
and brag
of the wounds
in numbers of humans hurt, held, harmed
gleefully hoping to also capture
me and you and anyone with empathy.
So I will wrap my thoughts around
the sunset on sunflowers shining, singing
“keep looking this way; we will find a way”
and pray
for the day we awaken again
as land of the free
home of the brave.

Sheri Edwards
Poetry/Photography
04.30.2025
NaPoWriMo

Art influenced by the arrowleaf balsamroot sunflower:

Here I am at Peshastin Pinnacles Park taking a photo of  arrowleaf balsamroot [Balsamorhiza sagittata] of the Astor family of sunflowers that bloom from late April to June in our area. In the background are orchards where seasonal workers once picked fruit in the fall. I wonder who will pick the fruit now?

Worry:

Yahoo.com: Ice Invades Wrong Home

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