The fish go by, passing me, leaving me behind

I stay, still in place, unmoving

Moments later they are out of sight

and it seems as if the time has flown by

My fins start their attempt at propelling me forward

but instead they flail in the water pathetically

They told me it was easy

They expected that it would be

Everyone else can, why can’t I

Why must I try so much harder

and them still get so much farther

They must all be so much smarter

Why should I even bother

I swim where the fish don’t swim

Where the coral doesn’t grow

Where the light is dim

But this path is just the one not yet taken

The one of a struggle and possibility not mistaken

I swim where the fish don’t swim