Digital Print
17" x 11"
Poem and Art by Emily Calvo
 
Managing Hesitation
     by Emily Calvo
 
It doesn’t matter how deep the water
if it’s over your head.
 
It doesn’t matter how far the shore
if it’s out of sight.
 
It only matters that
you walk to the end of the pier
with your plethora of fears
like pebbles in your shoes
Fling them into the sea and watch
how small they appear
Against the horizon
How the whitecaps
drown the sound
of touching water
How limited
their power
as they
descend.
 
It only matters
that you
feel free to
 
jump.