marigold
red serrated face shining at the sun.
yet like me you haunch your tiny petals in the dark.
Gerry Stewart
SourceLicence:CC BY-ND 4.0
red serrated face shining at the sun.
yet like me you haunch your tiny petals in the dark.
The speaker watches a marigold in full sun, its red serrated face turned brightly upward. That image is full of openness and color. But the poem quickly turns inward: “yet like me” signals a comparison.
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