coolsurferdude4461<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.ds106.us/@tdc" class="u-url mention">@<span>tdc</span></a></span> <a href="https://social.ds106.us/tags/DailyCreate" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DailyCreate</span></a> <a href="https://social.ds106.us/tags/tdc4641" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>tdc4641</span></a> <a href="https://social.ds106.us/tags/ds106" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ds106</span></a> <br />Growing up in the flatlands, I wandered lazily along with the quiet rivers,<br />napped on the soft earth banks, <br />and let the peace flow with me. <br />Moving to the mountains, and the faster water, I learned the people there were often,<br />like the rivers, <br />wilder, more prone to turbulence, and rage. <br />And you, there along the rocky bank, laughing at the wildness of it all, caught me in your inviting current. <br />There was no way I could have survived, but I learned to swim.</p>