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Swim Poem: The Lane Not Taken

Courtesy of Swim2Win4Life:  This poem is inspired by and based off of Robert Frost’s poem, The Road Not Taken, with a swimming twist added to it. 

The Lane Not Taken

Two lanes diverged by a blue lane line,
And sorry I could not train in both,
And be one swimmer, I took my time
To study each workout and choose mine
The easy one wouldn’t help my growth;

Then looked at the hard one, not much craved
And perhaps being the better choice,
Because it was empty, wanting waves;
This decision would be truly brave
Said in my head by a tiny voice,

And both that morning equally lay
Smooth water no stroke had trodden blue.
I could train easy another day!
Knowing the hard one was the right way,
I chose it as the one I would do.

I have set my expectations high
After hearing my own conference:
Two lanes diverged in a pool, and I—
Took the one that was less trained in by,
And that has made all the difference.

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Braden Keith

Braden Keith is the Editor-in-Chief and a co-founder/co-owner of SwimSwam.com. He first got his feet wet by building The Swimmers' Circle beginning in January 2010, and now comes to SwimSwam to use that experience and help build a new leader in the sport of swimming. Aside from his life on the InterWet, …

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