Fully Submerge

Let all the peripherals go.
Take in a huge breath.
Plunge deeply into your
uniquely specific purpose.
Commit yourself
to taking time only
for what adds up as
earnestly significant to you.
Release surface obligations
and the preconceptions of others.
Swim headlong undisturbed by
the agitated waves of convention.
Accept your glorious liberty
to make a meaningful contribution.
Occasionally come up for air, rest,
and then dive in to do it again,
rhythmically, like breathing,
again and again and again.

by Polly Castor
11/22/24