I don’t know
if the sunflowers
are angels always,
but surely sometimes.Who, even in heaven,
wouldn’t want to wear,
for awhile,
such a seed-faceand brave spine —
a coat of leaves
with so many pockets —
and who wouldn’t wantto stand for a summer day
in the hot fields,
in the lonely country
of the wild-haired corn?This much I know —
When I see the bright
stars of their faces
when I’m strolling nearby,I grow soft in my speech,
and soft in my thoughts,
and I remember how everything will be everything else,
by and by.“By the Wild-Haired Corn” ~ Mary Oliver