Roses are everywhere

Waving distractingly in the wind

This isn't fair

Why do I have to care?

I have a sunflower

Warm and bright

Its simplicity has power

But it can't take down my tower

My tower of broken thoughts

Of selfishness and greed

Filled with broken flower pots

I'm pretending I can change my lot

My sunflower watches me with yellow eyes

Golden words and sweet thoughts

Though how hard I try

I will always be caught in my lies

When I see the roses

I forget my sunflower

I want the red

But I miss the yellow

-Horsejoy