I had never lived near the sea 

Far from it 

I lived as far from the sea

As one could live

But I could swim 

I liked the sensation of water 

Against my skin 

Many of my pals 

Could not swim 

Because we were so far from the sea 

I knew that one day a great liner 

Would sail across the massive cornfields 

Near my home

But it would sink in a terrible storm 

With a great loss of life 

It comforted me to think

That I would easily survive 

As I had been taught how to swim