Just keep swimming, they said
Even when the waves are rough
Even when life gets tough
Just keep swimming
Even when it hits you hard
Even when you are shaken and scarred
Just keep swimming, they said
I used to think love is more than this
This pain
This lost
This sacrifice
Stupid child!
To think love is beauty, lust, and desire
To think he loved me despite my sins
To think the impulse was rooted within
Just keep swimming, they said
Let it go, don’t let me go
Just keeping swimming, the other way, I said
To shore and sun where all is fun
Don’t stop swimming, for the one
