The moments we feel connected to someone or something may be fleeting. Yet, they provide meaning to our lives.
This image is something I always come back to when I think of these fleeting connections.
Photograph by Kimberly Gotches, 2014
Appreciation
Walking along the river,
I see my first ice flower.
It could melt at any moment,
yet it hangs on –
Hovering over the water from which it came
and to which it will go.
It glistens,
like crystal,
its stem both flexible
and strong.
It is something beautiful,
existing in-between.
Something we won’t notice
if we just wait for spring.
I won’t forget this flower.
I want this flower to know:
“I appreciate you.”
– by Kimberly Gotches
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