VLAD.

You were talked about so much at the meet.

You know, the meet at Beverly Hills High school.

I never knew you existed until our worlds collided.

I didn’t care much about who the competition was because I was mesmerized by how cool the facility was…on top of being with my homies… it was a dream…a highlight of my high school swimming career.

One of my friends started a playful fight with some tennis balls.

Do you remember that…?

He’s a real keeper.

Always up to shenanigans but a heart of bro gold.

The tennis ball throwing across the facility ended up having him disqualified from the competition.

I don’t know if that was intentional so he didn’t have to swim on his end because he is a water polo bro down to his soul…usually water polo bros don’t like doing too much swimming.

As the meet progressed, you were looking at the heat seeds or times and I got the idea of coming up to see why you were so fucking talked about.

Not out of jealousy… just pure curiosity.

I came up to you and asked some dumb bitch advice about my backstroke or something stupid like that.

You were so kind.

A beaut.

I fell hard.

There’s this saying about love at first sight…you’re the first love at first sight I’ve encountered.

I’m not one to dwell deep in romance but in a universe where I could…tag…you’re it.

Your life looks really exciting!

It’s been a journey being your pretend arm candy in my imagination.

If you ever get the chance to read this, I would wanna know what you think about the war going on and talk politics with you sometime.

You’ve been on my mind and heart…always.

References

Los Angeles Times. (2016, July 28). Former USC swimmer Vladimir Morozov plans to appeal Olympics ban. Los Angeles Times. https://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-morozov-olympics-appeal-20160727-snap-story.html

Krider, D. (2010, May 16). Two National Swimming Records broken in California. MaxPreps.com. https://www.maxpreps.com/news/bFz-_WFbEd-lugAcxJTdpg/two-national-swimming-records-broken-in-california.htm