painful understanding I'm mortal and I never want to die
the experience is daunting
when I was a child there countless careless moments
where I could have died without even seeing it coming
counting days I am grateful for the days I have
but I worry is caution a wasted feeling
my neighbor works in the orchard and was driving his atv through it
when he choked on a leaf of all things with no one to save him
he saved himself my point is what a strage death that would have been
death by leaf
I'm grateful nature has taught me respect for her
like the time I went boogie boarding on a private beach in Malibu
not noticing how far out I was until I got off the board
and realized I was in deep water
my efforts to swim back were fruitless I was being pulled further out
then out of nowhere a giant wave picked me up and pushed me out of the undertow
I've always had an intense love of nature but I was fearless
almost dead by snow, swinging rope over jagged rocks below,
then my first time skiing getting on the chair lift and having to get back down the mountainn
somehow our Mother knew I was a child who hadn't learned proper proticol yet
Rated for Everyone 
Mother Nature
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childhood, life
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Powerfully penned, Brenda. Another excellent write my friend. Nicely done as always. Appreciate you.
Damian
thank you graciously dearest Damian ❤️