the e-dict

Yesterday I stood, back to the water, toes hooked like talons, on the pool’s edge at Eldorado Canyon. Summoning up the muscle memory of my 20-something self, I arched into the cool blue waters below. I haven’t done a back dive in over 2 decades. I don’t know what possessed me; the open air, the fresh spring pool, a deeper calling… But this morning, a little sore and a lot happy, I wonder what of my life is poised to imitate that dive. So fearless, that body. So timid, sometimes, this heart. I feel I am at the terrifying and exhilarating point of the preparation, knees bent, arms pressed to my thighs, heart pounding out of my chest–looking both forward and inward in order to dive into the unknown…

the unknown