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in decadent white, pink, and yellow. <strong>The</strong>n, slightly farther<br />
up, you could see thick forest decorated in pine and<br />
spruce. When I felt overwhelmed it was the variety of<br />
scenery, the towering saguaros, the arduous mountains,<br />
and the vast, open sky that reminded me—these problems<br />
I let control my life were small and insignificant in contrast<br />
to the beauty of everything else.<br />
I would breathe in the clean Southern Arizona air<br />
and listen to the calm of the desert, and when the sun hit<br />
the edge of the mountains and projected bright oranges<br />
and pinks across the sky, I would begin my descent home<br />
with a clear mind and a renewed joy of beauty in life.<br />
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“Flower” by Dakota Day-Herrell
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