How did this happen?
\nOne moment I was fine
\nthe next? SPLAT
\non the ground
\nBike twisted and broken
\nnext to me.<\/p>\n
the roads were fine
\nI didn\u2019t see any ice
\nif i had- I wouldn\u2019t have ridden my
\nbike.<\/p>\n
Me with blood on my pants
\nan aching head and a broken
\nrear end-
\nat least, it feels like that<\/p>\n
So cold, so very cold
\nI can\u2019t tell if I\u2019m shaking because
\nof the cold weather, or because of the
\nfact that I almost died<\/p>\n
I can\u2019t get that picture out of my mind
\nIt plays like a home movie in my head
\nrepeatedly telling me-
\nyou could have died
\nactually you should\u2019ve died<\/p>\n
by all things, I shouldn\u2019t be
\nhere right now
\nit kind of puts things into
\nperspective ya know?<\/p>\n
How I\u2019ve been living my life
\nwhat I\u2019ve been doing with it
\nHow I\u2019ve treated other people and
\neven been treated by them<\/p>\n
I didn\u2019t exactly have a
\ncome to Jesus moment,
\nwhere Jesus appeared
\nto carry me home-
\nNot sure I would have wanted to<\/p>\n
But it did scare the hell
\nout of me enough that I sat there
\nwaiting for the ambulance and got right
\nwith him right then and there<\/p>\n
I promised him that I would do better
\nIf he spared me.
\nHe did and now it\u2019s my turn to keep my
\npromise and do better.<\/p>\n
I guess you could say that was my
\nwake up call<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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