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From Earth to Sun: A Single Mother’s Bloom - Every scar a root, every day a bloom.
She planted herself in hard ground, where shadows lingered and rain rarely fell—raising her children and rebuilding her world all on her own. These poems trace her journey from the heavy earth of hardship, betrayal, and quiet grief, all…
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…every quiet dream I thought I might have lost — turn them into fibre, strength within my core, so nothing shakes the shelter I have swore. When storms roll in and heavy winds press hard, I hold my ground where no one comes to guard; I do not fall, though I may bow and sway, then lift my gold to catch the first warm ray. They see the bright bloom glowing in the sun, but not the lonely work that makes it done — how deep my roots go down to find their place, how I make light in every darkened space. This stem is mine, and it belongs to them too — strong enough for all we have to travel through. Surrounded, yet alone, I grow and I endure, sunflower heart, steadfast, alive, and sure.