Athletic swimmer in action in a swimming pool

My palms press

against water

push through to my thighs

while my legs flutter.

 

I move forward.

 

I don’t try

to make the water disappear.

I don’t want it

to drain away.

 

Instead I rejoice in the resistance

against my muscles

which strengthens them

with every pull

through the glistening ocean

of life.

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