treading water
do not forget to learn how to float
There are sets of waves. They cannot be big forever. They cannot overwhelm without a reprieve. Wait for the reprieve. The pause, the smaller waves will come. We ride the waves forgetting. Remember this.
There is not enough studying one can do of the synchronized movements memorize for treading all types of water Look it up Right now They will provide techniques of how to Some tips of how to keep your head above water And then jump In that water In that pool and actually try The manual of life cannot teach you how to survive some things This we now know Your legs become their mixer stirring the batter underneath Your arms keep talking as they magnetically find each other again Touching for a brief moment and leaving again Your lungs expand as if running up a hill For you are The lips part and the mouth finds itself opening more often that not The tiny tunnels of your nose cannot keep the oxygen going to the destination it needs For treading water is staying alive You will do any technique to keep your head above water Now jump into a lake, river, or ocean The game of treading water is now elite That manual cannot compete against the waves and currents they dance sometimes to choreography we all know And other times they crash so hard you are submerged Sometimes briefly Others longer where the bubbles are your only guide to survival No google map to plot the best path The bubbles are your only map home You will do anything to stay afloat and even find yourself on your back Your back is actually feeling safer than treading water You lie on the bed of water Oxygen moves as the waves caresses you Sometimes the water flies over your face and into your mouth You hear a voice telling you For sometimes when you cannot say the words yourself hearing another voice saying it helps She said to me then so I can say to you now There are sets of waves They cannot be big forever They cannot overwhelm without a reprieve Wait for the reprieve The pause, the smaller waves will come we ride the waves forgetting Remember this The book of treading water needs to read do not forget to learn how to float Floating above water Is actually how we survive And knowing being scared of sinking Is actually being alive too
