Is the
water in front of me. Serene and unruffled. Waiting for my form to flow
through, sleek and smooth, arms cutting into it like a knife but with only the
smallest ripples. No splash or crash or noise. No excess. The lights above cast
my reflection on the bottom and I watch my arms power down into the water, body
long, gliding.
I move through the
water and it moves through me. Nothing extraneous, just this movement powered
by me. No racquet, ball, or bat just this body and its power, its motion to
send me on. My chaotic thoughts churn like the water I kick up behind me but
unlike those small waves they won’t settle into stillness. Pellucid. I would
like to be.
Swimming is as special to me as your words describe.
ReplyDeleteThank you for putting it all into words, Catherine!
SSG xxx
You've taught me a word I didn't know before.
ReplyDeletePellucid I would like to be too!
Beutifully descriptive Catherine. Swimming, especially underwater, really does take you to another place doesn't it?
Thanks for understanding, my international friends! Now if I could learn to breathe underwater it would be nirvana.
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