Things I love about swimming

Things I love about swimming

I love to feel the resistance of the water.

I love to feel my muscles win against the water.

I love the sight of an empty pool.

Especially when it’s dark outside.

I love to be the only one in front of the block.

Nobody watching.

I love to jump off the block, use all my power, dive into the cold water

I love the first five strokes of a race of freestyle

I love the underwater phase of a race of breaststroke

I love it when fly feels like flying

I don’t love anything about backstroke.

But

I would love to swim backstroke underneath a sky of stars

I’ve never seen a shooting star.

But I imagine they are really beautiful.

And fast.

I’d love to swim as fast as a shooting star.

Maybe, when I see one, I’ll wish for that.