Standing on the edge of the water I unintentionally take a deep breath in, it happens like a reflex when I’m by the sea. I love being here. The sand that is untouched is in a corrugated pattern just as the water has left it as it receded back into the pacific.
I concentrate not to step on the lone dead bees that lie along the beach today. The air is noticeably cool but the water temperature is kind to me. When I start to swim my shadow is slightly behind me and keeps startling me when I see it move. Somehow it seems separate to me, taunting me, making me look back at it, just like something from your past. I think the water is cloudy but it turns out I just need new goggles, when I clear them I see the weed in detail and a school of big fish pass by. Near the end of my swim, the sun has moved slightly and my shadow and I are swimming beside each other in unison. We’re in agreement, we’re swimming in harmony with a pact to look ahead and no longer behind.
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