Sunflower🌻for Emily: June 2026

Caught in the wilderness of romance,
Two souls dancing on the snow
White Christmas still lingers
At the edge of a Forgotten Land...

I watch them... their closeness a flame
that warms the frozen air,
and I feel the hunger of a lantern
never lit for me.
One man, once admired,
still glimmers like a star
I cannot touch,
his brilliance reflected
in the way he crowns her with light.
The other... my own...
remains a silence,
a river that never reached my shore,
his gaze withheld,
his tenderness a promise
that dissolved into mist.

So I stand between two shadows:
the star I followed,
and the river I thirsted for.

Their laughter becomes a mirror,
showing not only their joy,
but the ache of my hands
still empty of devotion.
The snow writes its parables,
flakes falling like unwritten vows,
and beneath its veil
my heart carries the weight
of two men... one remembered,
one withheld... both teaching me
how absence can carve deeper
than presence ever could...

Sunflower🌻for Emily

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