An Ode to Swimming

 By Takeyoshi Odaira

February 9, 2021

Oh swimming you beautiful sport, My body thanks you for taking the stress off through this horrible pandemic, from the smell of chlorine to healing my coach scream at me, I love every single aspect of you out of a infinite reasons I love you, from the minute I walk into the pool every single night to when I lift myself out of the pool, with my arms swinging at a 90 degree angle from my body, you are a beautiful sport, whenever I swim I feel as though I'm flying through the water and I am unstoppable and I can do anything in the world.

 

Oh swimming you beautiful sport, through this pandemic you let me take my energy off my body, I can imagine myself swimming 100m fly with my arms 180 degrees flying through the water and air, from diving into the pool from 6 in the morning, to swimming until 10 at night, you are one of the most important things in my life out of a trillion, every single night after school you let relieve the stress off my body and no offense but you are the most important thing in my life right now, whenever I'm not having a good day I can escape everything by swimming and it feels great

Oh swimming you beautiful sport, I can have fun swimming by competitive swimming or swimming for fun, I’ll go anywhere to swim from biking through a rainstorm to flying 14 hours to America, you are the best sport in the world in my opinion. I can imagine myself anytime anywhere jumping off the diving block burning through the sky and jumping into the cold water, my arms parallel to my body, then lifting my arms at a 90 degrees and swimming butterfly, I flip a full 180 degrees and jump into the wall, I didn't breathe the first stroke, then I explode out the water with full power gasping for air,

Oh swimming you beautiful sport, I fling my arms powerfully through the air at a 90 degree angle and I burn through the sky, I’m at the last 5 meters and I keep my head underwater. I finally reach the end and fling my arms exactly at a 180 degree angle from my body. I grip the wall and my head explodes out of the water for a breath of air. I fling my head in an 90 degree angle and look at the time I got, 31.89 seconds my new personal record, I release the wall and pump my fists in the air, my work about over more than 365 days paid off