cast off

i've been thinking about it for a long time.
i was always too afraid before
(and everyone,
no one believed i could)
well i'll show them.

i'll do it. i'll take the plunge.
i'll make that leap,
and soar, with the sun on my back
and the wind rushing past me.
i'll show them

that nothing's impossible.
i was a timid kid with glasses
that are too big and shirts that
don't fit but now i will be known.
i will mean something.

i can feel the bravery
swelling up in my chest.
i'm smiling big now.
i'm doing it. i'm doing it
and no one can stop me. so i leap.

above me
the golden gate bridge recedes
into the sky.