Cherry Blossoms

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1Trees in rows by the dozen, weaving down the roads and colouring the air

2Pinks, whites, and reds fluttering in the air and laying softly on the ground

3Soft and delicate, each petal and flower as precious as the one before it

4The short life of these blossoms, mimicking that of our own short existence

5The fragility of life

6In that at any moment, like the flower, a life can be easily taken away

7Life is as beautiful as it is short, as is the life of the blossoms

8Sweet, beautiful, powerful

9The feathery light pink petals, like the cheeks of a shy blushing woman

10The warmth of the spring air, as it twirls the petals around the branches

11The adventurous ride before the inevitable fall

12As the day cools, the blossoms glow

13In the light of the full moon, they are free

14Free to light the sky and the Earth, with their glowing pink petals

15Beautiful in their ghostly glow

16Like the lives of thousands who have already passed over

17As they watch over those that they left behind

18Helping those who are lost, to find their way

19To love or friendship, we seek thee out

20We are life

21We are death

22Delicate brush strokes across the night sky

23Fading

24Life cut short unnecessarily

25Gone but never completely forgotten

26Haunting the world, like a distressed ghost we cannot be seen just remembered

27A forbidden love that never lasts

28This is our legacy

29We are hope

30Hope that things will change

31Hope for love

32Hope for the happiness that may have escaped us before

33Hope that life will be just as beautiful as delicate flowers that live only long enough each year to make an impact on the lives of those who see them

34Beautiful, love, life, hope


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