I think of sunflower seeds as commas straightened to appear as apostrophes. In either view, sunflower seeds are punctuation marks that allow silence into a line. Much needed. Even in the midst of drumming, silence is welcomed. When the chant ends, silence prevails and no breath, lost.
Think where these seeds get their origin; their meaning.
the grin of completely lit empty places
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she recalls such times as might not be
and might never have been in fact
but fantasy has an option to heal
so the lights flicker and the sea
bent to exhaustion
still finds its way back home
a freize of frightened soldiers
stands guard on the upper peninsula
rash with judgement and well chosen words
enter, they shout as if they meant it
so she feels the stir of discovery
the muted chimes of a place of prayer