I Swim For Every Refugee

Yusra Mardini
Swimmer for The Refugee Olympic Team
In the Tokyo Olympics

When I swim

It's not just to flex my fin,

I'm holding it down for my Gs

I swim for every refugee.

When I plunge into a pool

My body becomes a tool

My mission's written on water

I'm writing a soul letter

Telling the world,

Here's a branch snatched from war

Still as good

As the best in the hood.

My skill ain't crude

Goes for the rest of my crew,

I am a refugee

Stroking a legacy

On the surface of a watery grid

Sowing seeds

So refugees may believe

And the world may agree,

If one refugee can swim

Then all refugees can achieve.

Akpan