Downstream

But soon I’m exhausted
again, my arms and shoulders
ache and I can’t swim
breaststroke because of my
wetsuit. The river seems to
just go on and on. Unlike in a
pond or a pool, there is no
end point, no markers to
swim towards, and I don’t
know where we’re heading
because every view is new.
I feel cocooned in the
water, but at the same time
oddly exposed. There is a