Summer prepping

I’m fortunate where I live

That winter is not too cold

For about this time every year

It’s a swimming I will go.

I have to get back in shape

And swim some decent ks

Kilometer after kilometer

In winter’s cool embrace.

For come the coldest month of spring

I have to prove my worth

And demonstrate to them above

That I am capable in a rush

To burst through those towering waves

And swim hard to those foolish folk

That swim outside the flags.