I drove white knuckled, grasping the steering wheel as I maneuvered the car along the narrow road WARNING sharp curve ahead 15 MPH ............I went 30 Ive looked death in the face its had its chance, it could take me any time yet it leaves me here to wonder if tomorrow it will meet me hit me head on blindside me sneak up and choke me What death doesnt realize is.... Im not afraid of it Park the car ~ walk the path steep cliff, loose gravel, feet slip I could fall but I dont.........this time Fingers grasp jagged rock the smell of the ocean under my nails I can taste the salt in the air feel the cool breeze in my lungs as the wind pushes my hair into my eyes so I cant see where to step I could fall but I dont......this time Eclipse tonight the sunset is different somehow the moon in the sun pulls the thoughts from my mind that normally orbit my soul like the tide, they are pulled back I sat on an old log and watched the sun set the colors changing with each wave that crashed to the shore at my feet Fingers twirling a strand of my hair no thoughts in my mind nothing followed me down the embankment empty thoughts numb fingers I didnt feel the glass cut or the blood flow dripping from the fresh wound directly in the middle of my hand The colors in the sky matched the growing stain in the sand at my side Red, bright reds and pinks the sky was bleeding too I sat there an hour bleeding Pain free no sorrow no heartache nothing Death was silently bleeding me draining me drop by drop while the sky hypnotized me until the gulls screamed at me for taking up valuable space I rose to leave this place the sun finally dipping beneath the ocean only to find between my feet death had painted me a picture My own hand print I wanted to write under it "Jennifer Age 28" like the hand print plaques my kids make me for Mothers day every year.... I didnt bother wrapping the wound the pattern of the blood in the life line of my palm intrigued me more as did the fact that it made the rocks slippery when I climbed higher up the side of the cliff I could have fallen but I didnt......this time. **I like this shot, but Im not happy bout that darn branch stickin in there on the left. :( grrrrr