I rotate my shoulder
lay on my side
slip my hand into the water
smoother than a glove
snugger than mittens
sweeter than warmth
I am swimming fast
catching Coach's bubbles
right in the goggles
But
Amidst all this motion
I am calm
slow
relaxed
suspended
- Almost timeless -
With swimming you have to be
I cannot be reaching
clawing
grasping
Thrashfests are counterproductive
Swimming speed is counterintuitive
It is in letting go that you move faster.
It is this idea
this centeredness
that I want to remember
to take with me
to apply in all areas of my life.
No matter the furies and flurries
that may surround you,
Inner Peace lives.
10 comments:
Very Nice
You make swimming so poetic, you give me hope on that, because for now, mine is a thrashfest.
Inner Peace, hope the road is getting better for you. The road less travelled, does usually gives the greatest reward.
I want my swims to be like that. My thrashfests are slowly moving towards inner peace, but I have a loooong way to go.
What 140miles said.
-jwm
Your poetry almost makes me want to find a pool and learn to swim again. Almost.
you made a symphony in h20.
nice post...props!!
Perfect!
Hope I can get to that place in tomorrow's swim....
That was awsome! Wish my swim felt like that, though. UGH!
I need to swim like that....
your description of swimming is beautiful. if only in my world it always felt so beautiful!
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