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Pruning Season

She gardened bald,
trimming the dying lavender
to grow back for the living.

Planning beauty
for the future that wasn’t hers
and she knew it.

Pruning Season, Poetry by AnnaLeah Larson

AnnaLeah is a student in the UUSOM Class of 2023. She has a B.S. in Neuroscience and plans to become an anesthesiologist. She spends her time away from the hospital playing violin with the Utah Medical Orchestra, wandering Millcreek canyon with her dog, and chipping away at her book list.