Sunflower

I took a walk
in the morning zephyr.
There, in a glimpse,
I spotted her,
her presence.

Standing upright,
she turns;
her feet cling to the scorching soil,
so tightly tangled,
endures waves of hailing heat in toil.

A climb,
her single yet enormous eye
challenges the rays of a thousand lights,
inch by inch, purifies her soul
in a Kingdom with no nights.

A dance,
her golden hair dances
in the breath of breeze,
like long, lean lashes,
shadowing her eye from unease.

A transient life,
blooming beauty fades in her hunching back,
the cycle of life spins in tyranny.
seeds gliding, approach the remote horizon,
embark on an unknown journey.

Daniel Zhang

DANIEL ZHANG ’24 IS A SENIOR AT BLAIR FROM BEIJING, CHINA. HE HAS PUBLISHED AN ARTICLE IN THE EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES. HE ENJOYS READING AND WRITING ON A WIDE VARIETY OF TOPICS, ESPECIALLY POEMS. HE IS PUBLISHING HIS FIRST POETRY COLLECTION THIS YEAR. EXCITED TO JOIN THE ORACLE THIS YEAR, DANIEL WISHES TO PRESENT HIS POEMS AND BOOK REVIEWS TO THE BLAIR COMMUNITY.

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