Hesitate verb: reluctant to do something As in once I stood at the end of a diving board; felt it bounce under the weight of my thudding heart and never jumped As in on a summer night newly married and out for dinner we heard a bluegrass band's notes fiddling over the St. Joseph River "Let's go! Let's go!" my husband said, grabbing my arm and pulling me toward the music. "No, no," I said. "I have too much work." As in folded in my pocket is a story unsure uncertain but hoping that someday the refrain will change from "Not yet, not yet, not yet," to "Now. Now. NOW."
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So good, Callie! I loved the structure (which also felt like another nudge to try poetry again!) and words, and it all felt so relatable!
We sang a hymn today which echoes the hesitation in your poem: "Will you love the 'you' you hide if I but call your name? Will you quell the fear inside and never be the same?"