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She is like mother nature.

As cold as ice,
as scorching as fire,
as chaotic as the sea,
and as soothing as the earth.

I had known her briefly,
but among it these last harsh years
she was a new rock I could lean on.

For a while it wasn't always this way.
There was a blind animosity I held,
but over time I learned her presence
wasn't a curse but a gift.

I'm sure at times I more
then she expected to handle,
but above it all she became a confidant and a friend
rather than a replacement.

There's not enough gratitude I can extend out,
or many words I can say to express it.
At first I thought of her as a thief,
sneaking its way into my life;
but now she is a crucial piece to me,
becoming as irreplaceable as the sun
and as constant as the moon.

-Lysa