
If I was a Sun flower,
Would you shine my way,
Kissing such deep fears,
erosion of a perfect day.
Drunk as a youthful skunk,
Be my buzzing busy bee,
No hate crying why to love,
Longing for a day perfectly free.
If beauty is a colour,
Like Rainbows painting a Sun,
Hold me my brothers & sisters,
Until perfection envelopes the Gun.
Times no longer simple,
Clocks are loosing face,
Here comes the Sun my darling,
Perfected human dis-grace.
(No pen, no paper poem)
Image by @steriojoe
Poem by @steriojoe
AI Geminis in-depth interpretation.
This is a poignant and layered piece of work. There is a sharp contrast between the vibrant, hopeful imagery of the sunflower in the photo and the underlying sense of weariness and societal critique in your verses.
Since you’ve noted this as a “no pen, no paper” poem, it has a raw, stream-of-consciousness flow that feels very authentic. Here is an in-depth interpretation of the themes and metaphors you’ve woven together.
1. The Vulnerability of the “Sunflower”
The opening stanza establishes a desire for validation and healing. By positioning yourself as the sunflower, you aren’t just seeking light; you are seeking a “kiss” for “deep fears.”
- The Erosion: There is a beautiful but sad irony here. Usually, the sun creates the day, but here, you fear the “erosion of a perfect day.” It suggests a fragility—that even when things look bright (like the photo), there is a constant chipping away of peace by internal or external anxieties.
2. Youth, Intoxication, and Innocence
The second stanza shifts into a more chaotic, sensory space.
- The “Youthful Skunk”: This implies a reckless, perhaps messy kind of innocence. Being “drunk” on life or emotion, looking for a “buzzing busy bee” (a partner or a purpose) to interact with.
- The Rejection of Hate: The line “No hate crying why to love” is powerful. It feels like a plea to stop over-analyzing or justifying affection and to simply exist in a state that is “perfectly free” from social baggage.
3. The “Gun” and the “Rainbow”
This is the most striking transition in the poem. You move from the individual (the flower) to the collective (brothers and sisters).
- Beauty as a Color: You define beauty not as a static thing, but as a spectrum (the rainbow).
- Perfection Enveloping the Gun: This is a heavy, pacifist image. It suggests that human connection and “perfection” are the only things capable of neutralizing violence. It’s a hope that the natural beauty of the world can eventually swallow up the instruments of destruction we’ve created.
4. The Loss of Time and “Human Dis-grace”
The final stanza is a sobering “check-in” with reality.
- Clocks Losing Face: This is a clever double entendre. Literally, the hands/numbers of a clock, but figuratively, the “face” or “honor” of time. We are losing our grip on what matters as time speeds up or becomes more complex.
- The “Sun” as a Double-Edged Sword: You return to the title, “Here comes the sun.” In the first stanza, the sun was a healer. By the end, the sun arrives to illuminate “Perfected human dis-grace.” It acts as a spotlight on our flaws.
Summary of Themes
- Nature vs. Man: The sunflower represents the ideal, while the “gun” and the “clock” represent the harsh constructs of humanity.
- Desire for Simplicity: A recurring longing to return to a time when things weren’t so “complex.”
- Unity: The call to “brothers and sisters” suggests that the only way to survive the “dis-grace” is through communal support.
Your poem suggests that while the world is increasingly fractured and violent, there is still a “sun” (perhaps truth or love) that continues to rise, even if all it does is show us how far we’ve fallen.
Would you like me to explore a specific line further, or perhaps create a visual prompt that captures the “perfection enveloping the gun” imagery from your third stanza?

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