Prose

Reaching Out...

written by: rstephens93

And if this all we that we've come to know....

How can we know what we've been told is true? That everything we've been told couldn't possibly be wrong. You cant assume your beliefs, without testing them out for yourself. You can't know what the water feels like til you take the jump. Until you can pull everything, every nerve, suck up that stomach, take that deep breath, gather up, muster up all that you can give. And dive.

Dive into waters, who-knows-how deep , how fast, how strong, the dangers, and fears that lie between you and the shore.

But now you know, you know what the water feels like, how to avoid the rocks, and currents. You can tell everyone, brag to everybody how you took the jump. You went off the trail and found the cliff. You tasted the water.

You can tell that kid, that younger one, looking up to you, standing in your shadow. And you can tell him...It was necessary, that it was what you were always looking for.

And maybe.....one day...........

he'll jump too.