3-year-olds at the outdoor pool, showing off the results of swimming classes
they dive like dolphins
they swim like fish
their confidence wider than the cloudless sky above
and a mother ponders:
we were taught to keep our heads above the water
breast stroke, whip kick, not much more
and we swam in line, our progress being measured by how many lengths we could swim without interruption
the first thing these kids learn is to put their heads UNDER
no breastroke or anything
and it works
they dance in the water, they embrace it
maybe that will help them to embrace life
and to know what to do when they go under