when the sun leaves

Here is the title poem from Rupi Kaur's second (2017) collection:


the sun and her flowers

what is it with you and sunflowers he asks

i point to the field of yellow outside
sunflowers worship the sun  i tell him

only when it arrives do they rise
when the sun leaves
they bow their heads in mourning
that is what the sun does to those flowers

it's what you do to me

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Rupi Kaur (1992 - )
 
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