i forgot

or maybe, I never learned...

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I forgot, or maybe, I never learned
what it was; 
To feel the sun lick my skin, 
warmth and light in its wake. 

To hear the teaming instruments of life
carried along the wind.
And pausing fleetingly, to
pick up my melody along its way. 

To taste the bitterness of underripe fruit
or the frivolity of spice. Flavor painting my tongue,
with stories of love.

Have you ever stopped to marvel at the season’s edge? 
Where infinite heat bows before the breeze and
everything in nature responds in kind. 
Bearing witness to miracles, and delighting
in their mysteries.

The animals learn for survival. But do you think,
as I hope, for beauty too? 
I stopped today to remember all that
you never taught me: How to survive is also
how to live. 

-June

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