There once was a swimmer in the ocean of life
She swam like the wind and played in the moonlight
She swam strong and straight never fighting current or wave
Viewing sun, wind and cloud without a problem to brave
Then as life would have it one day she did see
The swimmer he came swimming strong as could be
She swam up to him and she smiled, so did he
And they swam though the day with the sun on the sea
As dusk, it did fall in the westernmost sky
She started to fear to be left by and by
She grabbed onto the swimmer and could not even think
To swim by herself 'til the end, with no link?
One swimmer is strong when he swims quite a lot
But to carry them both he simply could not
She clung and she grasped to keep herself near
She was drowning the swimmer as he tried to swim clear
She finally let go and he swam straight away
Gasping for breath as he left her that day
She looked for her swimmer to return to her side
Then a stranger appeared and she latched on for the ride
She held onto the other with all the strength that she had
Then she saw it was pointless she'd only be sad
She sank into the depths the sea all around
She blamed the poor swimmer for letting her drown
As darkness engulfed her she finally found
That her not swimming was why she'd gone down
So she finally let go through the depths she arose
Away from the darkness with the currents and flows
As she broke through the surface she saw the sun and the sea
And the wind and the sky she was finally free
M. B. Hall
September 1992