Sara Wetmore

Sara Wetmore is a creative nonfiction author based in Salt Lake City, Utah. Her work has appeared on Nature.org, Treehugger.com, and Etched magazine. She enjoys experimenting with themes and form, finding deeper significance in the common and mundane.

The Bonsai Tree

A few months ago, I gave up on my office dracaena. I’ll admit, it had been having a rough time. Its leaves had all nearly fallen off, its stems soggy, its color faded. Truthfully, I had been thinking of letting it die for a while. Not just gradually either. I wanted it to suffer,