Serpents ride the curves
Of my suspended flesh
Graceless limbs culling
False winds
In parody of flight
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Tide
I ripen in adversity
In sympathetic tides
That adjust my gravity
In ethereal currents
That stir my inert heart
Into joyous rebellion
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Free
Christened in chlorine
I am free to traverse
More pernicious seas
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Perpendicular
My whole life
I have struggled
Against my anatomy
Bones as obelisks
Sinews as tethers
I have stood, imperious
Desiring above all
To remain safely
Perpendicular
*
Horizon
Adrift on the horizon
Palms concave
I draw the sun closer
By degrees
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I started adult swimming lessons lastnight! For me swimming is about becoming more independent learning to trust my body and the universe. I fight against every aspect of my nature including my anatomy, I get so rigid sometimes I can’t even move naturally. My back is deformed because of constantly curving in on myself. I love the water and it is one unknown I don’t fear so I thought swimming would be a good place to start on my quest to becoming more confident. When I arrived I noticed everyone had flotation devices so I grabbed mine and got to practicing not 3 minutes into it the teacher said I didn’t need the flotation device and I was the only one in the whole class who didn’t have one (either she believed in me or she wanted me to drown lol) so I swam as best as I could in my own wonky disjointed way back and forth across the pool the whole time. It was pretty hard work but once in a while, just for a second I would get it right and it was like flying!
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