Swimming

Swimming
by Gabe Redel


God did this.
He made me.
If it were my choice
I would still be sitting on the couch,
but he had other plans.
I have to work
everyday
as if I were drowning.
God threw me
in the middle of the ocean
and said, “You better get swimming.”
That’s why I can move
like I were still eighteen.
I don’t quit
because I can’t quit.