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    </div><p id="d45b"><i>Erika Burkhalter is a yogi, neurophilosopher, cat-mom, photographer, and lover of travel and nature, spreading her love and amazement for Mother Earth’s glories, one photo, poem or story at a time. (MS Neuropsychology, MA Yoga Studies). Erika is also an editor for <a href="https://medium.com/dharma-talk">Dharma Talk</a>.</i></p><p id="06ef">Photo and poem ©Erika Burkhalter. All rights reserved.</p></article></body>

Poetry

Imagine

Don’t let the beauty of this time slip away

“Imagine.” Photo ©Erika Burkhalter.

Can you imagine a world unmarked by the roar of jets, or the din of traffic, or the compulsion to go harder and faster, or a time when we just need “less,” and can express our thoughts over dinner, without the blue shimmer of a cell phone to distract us?

Blink, open your eyes and grab it with both hands.

It’s here now.

But the tether is tenuous.

Don’t let it slip away until it is just a memory of today.

Thanks to Simran Kankas for the prompt, “Imagination.”

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Erika Burkhalter is a yogi, neurophilosopher, cat-mom, photographer, and lover of travel and nature, spreading her love and amazement for Mother Earth’s glories, one photo, poem or story at a time. (MS Neuropsychology, MA Yoga Studies). Erika is also an editor for Dharma Talk.

Photo and poem ©Erika Burkhalter. All rights reserved.

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