A powerful swimmer, really I am!
And the river currents are not very strong,
So swimming against them should not wear me out
And I don’t think to fight them could ever be wrong.

Some others go by me, just floating along
Enjoying the scenery shifting
But, like a few others, I keep on swimming,
Avoiding those lazy ones drifting.

I can’t swim forever, although I will try
Against the  current that will not subside.
I tire, losing ground, it just can’t be helped
The river of time just cannot be denied.