Edging in the cold bites at my ankles,
A quick panic as I look to see if I’ve removed my necklace and bangles.
It’s really cold my inner thighs jangle.
From the rocks below my feet, I untangle.
Slowly going in up to my knees,
Resisting the now sudden urge to pee!!.
10 excuses of why I DON'T need to swim today run through my head,
My body wondering why I didn’t stay in my warm cosy bed.
Thoughts are quashed before I can take flight.
‘You’ve got this’ says my inner ice-warrior might.
In a bit further up to the Ooooo Zone,
My body squeaks a happyish groan.
With that, I take the plunge and glide in,
Head out, cold water now up to my chin.
Giggling “Ooo it wasn’t this cold yesterday”
A sentence I say almost every swim day.
The feeling of cold soon disappears,
My inner self does a little cheer.
The swim is delightful, it always is,
My head no longer feels in a busy tiz.
Troubles and anxieties left at the shore,
This alone time to myself I truly adore.
Swimming back, grinning a swimmers smile,
Wide from cheek to cheek like a crocodile.
Like a computer, the reset button is pushed,
For this moment the noise of the world is hushed.
Feeling in my own little watery blue oasis,
Whatever today brings I can face this.
How is the water so cold to enter but warm to leave?
To those that don’t wild swim, they’d never believe.
Gleefully happy, I bound out of the clear water,
Feeling strong and empowered just like I ought to.
Cold hands, warm heart I run to my change robe,
There is nowhere more beautiful than here on the globe.
See you lake tomorrow, Thank you I say,
for starting my day in the best possible way.
By Jay Charlton.
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