Hindsight
In 1989 my life changed forever. I did not realize yet, as I awoke from a coma, that I would never physically function the same again. I did regain walking with the help of adaptive aids but remained weak from nerve and muscle damage which remains. After I was home recovering I wrote the musings below but I have since learned hindsight is worthless except for beautiful memories. My life turned out to be wonderful with joy and successes I could have never imagined possible. Every once in while I drag this prose out because it now makes me smile that I have come so far in my ability to appreciate life with no regrets. If If I would have known, I would have ran one more time I would have raced until the wind took my hair, Until the landscape was but a blur Until my muscles were used up with joy and exhaustion My heart beat thundering in my ear My skin glistening with sweat My eyes burning from salt I would have jumped with abandon Every stump, ever...