Closer and Closer

Closer and closer

Miles of swimming

Back and forth 

Kicking and spiting

Like a froggy fool

Goggle eyes

And raisin fingers

Lips and toes 

Turning blue

But every gulp of chlorine

Carved my destiny 

And my fate was sealed that day

Lapping in that pool

10,000 meters 

That’s what it took 

Splashing and kicking

Like a drowning kangaroo

Some say it wasn’t worth it 

But surely that’s not true 

Because every struggling stroke 

Brought me closer and closer to you

John snelling

08:12:22