Fleeting beauty

There is nothing as joyful

As walking underneath the pink clouds

(Waving gently in the wind)

Of the sakura or Japanese cherry blossoms.

They remind us that life

Is intense and fleeting

As it follows the natural cycles

Of birth and death and renewal.

They flower for such a short time, like us,

And remind us that we too are as beautiful

And transient as a cherry blossom.

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