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Erika Burkhalter

Dec 10, 2019·1 min read

I really like this one! The life to death analogy…the vivid words — gorgeous!

Erika Burkhalter

Photographer, yogi, cat-mom, lover of travel and nature, spreading amazement for Mother Earth, one photo, poem or story at a time. (MA Yoga, MS Neuropsychology)

Have you seen that single flower?
Between life and death one last breath
Petals curled scorched by the sun
Brown stem no moisture and stiff as death

Flower of the Night
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  • Poetry
  • Spirituality
  • Mindfulness
  • Psychology
  • Poem

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