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Just keep swimming

Loosely--very loosely--inspired by the Overboard challenge.

By Ruza AldinPublished 2 years ago • 1 min read
Just keep swimming
Photo by Todd Quackenbush on Unsplash

Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming.

Where was that song from, again?

Just keep swimming, just keep swimming.

The movie. The movie with the... the fish.

Why did fish need to remember to swim again?

Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming.

Oh. Right memory problems. The... the blue fish had memory problems.

Just keep swimming, just keep swimming.

She and... the orange guy... what was his name? Marlo? Mar.. Marlin?

Just keep swimming, swimming, swimming

She thought that if they just kept going, they would escape their problems.

If only it worked that way.

What do we do? We swim.

You're not supposed to swim if you fall overboard. You're supposed to tread water and wait for someone to come for you.

Just keep swimming...

No one is coming for me.

just keep swimming...

Someone threw me off. On purpose. And everyone looked as they sailed away.

just keep...

See, you're not supposed to swim, because the water is vast and blue, and you can't tell which direction you're going, so a lot of people will swim further away from land while trying to reach it.

swimming...

They laughed at me.

just...

They think this is funny.

keep...

Joke's on them. I've known how to use the sky get my bearings since I was five. Perks of being a boyscout and all.

swimming...

Wait. No. That... that wasn't the boyscouts. That was just me.

just....

Boyscouts came later. Aligned with my interests. Didn't like the group, but the projects were fun.

keep...

So. I know which direction land is. I know which direction I'm going in. I think. I hope. It's getting harder to keep going.

swimming...

I just hope I make it in time.

PsychologicalStream of ConsciousnessShort Story

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    Written by Ruza Aldin