Figures off imagination
Thriving off my head
My body threatening to impose
I'm here
In pain-- but I'm not dead
...
Long course strains my shoulders
The officials strain my thoughts
Tending wounds between the sets
I'm here
Completely—and I won't stop
...
Grains of fear fall past this
The grains of sand fall faster
Just trying to douse the waiting flames
I'm here
They are—so I'll be faster
...
Five strokes; no more breathing
Three strokes left to haul
You're there I'm here; we're suffering
But I'm here right now
And I'm taking it all
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Submission Name: I'm Taking it All
