Sunflower – A New Page by Joni Caggiano

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Sunflower – A New Page

by Joni Caggiano
site: the-inner-child.com

I am a sunflower golden, proud, and tall
dancing playfully toward the bright sun
no  longer living in the land of the small

Dots of death at night bees that can sting
mom sewing me shut to curtain my truth
No longer huddling up a cowardly thing

Hiding my food in panties so I could flee
Seeking wisdom as stem and flower grow
consoling the wee child who once was me

doorways to who I am, my heart and soul
is my gift to give to those I choose to love
a survivor, my stem, leaf, and flower whole

for God so loved me his innocent daughter
forgiveness I found, as I flourish with age
my ray florets feel His rain and curing water
life moving splendidly with every new page

@Joni Caggiano

Joni’s blog is the-inner-child.com, where she publishes poetry, photography, and short stories.  Take a look at Joni’s work in Spillwords Press NYC, Vita Brevis Press, The Finest Example, The Tiny Seed Literary Journal, I Write Her – The Short of it, MasticadoresUSA, MasticadoresIndia (regular contributor), and The Edge of Humanity Magazine.  Her work has been included in the following anthologies: The Sound of Brilliance (The Short of It Publishing, Volume 1 2020), Inner Eye (Poets Choice, 2021), and It’s Not Easy (Poets Choice 2021).  Joni received an honorable mention in Gabriela Marie Milton’s (Amazon #1 Best Selling Poet) Short Prose Contest.  Joni’s blog is an effort to give back – she is a surviving Adult Child of Alcoholics. She is a retired nurse and paralegal who feels a strong kinship with nature.

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