Swimming

There is no bottom in the deep end;
If there is, I haven't found it.
For myself, I fear, I cannot fend
If I walk, I'll surely plummet.

I stand and stare,
I want to go there;
I sense reward,
Diving from the board.

I've often wished I could swim the best
I hold my breath and try to float
So I will not sink I wear a vest
Without which I could drown and bloat.

It's more worry than reality,
But panic brings true jeopardy.
If I believed I could do the strokes
I'd swim just as well as other folks.

It's simple to wish and easy to plan.
I'll study. I'll practice. I'll start tomorrow.
But will I do all I am able and can?
I'll have to get over the setbacks and sorrow.
I'll dive and I'll swim, I'll work, and I'll play,
Better and better myself day by day.