Competition

I like to swim naked.
I like to swim fast.
Swimming next to you, I swim faster.
Shed more layers of flesh.
Learn your rhythms as well as my own.

Each time I breathe, I see you.
Breathe, stroke, breathe, stroke
and see you again.

You can tell by my stroke that I need you.
You can tell by my stroke, by the way that I breathe
that I need your stroke, your breath.
That to be my best, I need you, swimming beside me. - MBN

Photo by Karen Murph