BACKSTROKE
Why should I
solve all the problems of the world?
Who else
has done it,
has come
close?
The earth Herself
gives uncounted
billions a chance.
And she's not even
tallying up a score.
So breathe!
Live!
Die!
Holding on anywhere
is so futile.
What you want to do
is slide over
the rim of the waterfall,
on your back...
dazzled by the sunlight,
soaked by the
roaring spray!
Richard Wehrman