Jem

You Brought Me To The Thin Line Between Life and Death

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You brought me to the thin line between life and death


Between frostbite and heat exhaustion


You taught me balance


Patience


Compassion

— Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio from poem For Mauna A Wakea

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