ONE FOR DIANA NYAD...(AND ME)

She gave me courage...
and motivation.
She infused me
with the desire
to go on,
to persevere,
to surmount
all obstacles
including my own
biology.
I'm a year older
than she,
sicker
I would think,
and not as
wise.
But I was determined.
This morning,
a day after
her feat,
of swimming
from Cuba
to Key West,
amid jelly fish
and sharks,
blistering sun,
and memories,
in just fifty-four hours,
I stepped into
my shower
and whacked-off.
I did it
before the water
turned cold
which I knew
it would
in five to six hours
adding
more pressure.
Keep going,
keep going,
keep going.

Norman Savage
Greenwich Village, 2013