Epigraph

"Feel the Fear and Do it Anyways" ~Stacey Bean

Fear. Trepidation. Coward. Delusional.

Toes gripping the edge,

The sharp rocks digging in.

My stomach is ice, and my skin, needles.

Deep breath, big step, plummet.

Cold water slaps my bare feet,

Closing concussively around my head.

Water slaps me on the back,

Knocking the breath from my lungs

I plunge into dark, watery depths.

With my ears ringing, I laugh tiny bubbles;

my heart thumps audibly in my chest;

I’m caught in a wave of adrenaline.

Reaching for the sun and pulling towards it,

my head breaks the surface

I suck in a freezing cold breath;

the air burns in my air-starved lungs.

With a grin on my face and joy in my smile,

I hear the putter of a boat.

I yell to my family in the boat,

"Anybody want to go again?"

Courage. Audacity. Dauntless. Brilliant.

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