Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 A Time to Mature

When I was ten, Dad and I went

Hiking into wilderness and

Occurred unexpected event,

Which the two of us had not planned.

Dad slipped and fell down an incline.

His leg was broken and he said

That by himself he would be fine,

But needed me with a cool head,

To go back the way we'd just come

To the ranger station we passed.

Good sense skills, Dad knew I had some.

On that journey I grew up fast.

From where we'd come I did retrack,

And was able to bring help back.