i <3 dad bodz

i suspect he wore a shirt in the pool as a kid

to hide his soft stomach 

tho it was something no one asked to be hid

he would plant his feet on the textured cement 

holding his breath under water 

to disguise his lament 

counting the seconds until his diaphragm begged 

sucking in sweet air as his head emerged to the sky

tho he wishes he could stay under instead

where the chlorine stung his eyes blind 

and water cradled his worries

and he could escape to a world more kind