I went for a swim one day
In Edmonton’s YMCA
Arizona I swam in an outdoor pool
Edmonton temperature is too cool
Prefer to swim in an early hour
When one has much more power
All lanes in the pool were in use
With joggers, not swimmers, obtuse
In one lane, I spied a lone swimmer
Looked like a mermaid but thinner
A woman graceful had a gentle stroke
Caused forgotten feelings to be evoked
“ Beauty is in the eye of the beholder”
They say: As I who am getting older
Entranced I was, her grace and speed
Sliced the water: A Barracuda indeed
I entered the pool, goggles in place
Ready to swim and gave chase
Followed a creature well endowed
Goggles fogging up my snout
Did not prevent to dream away
Just allowed the image full sway
Thoughts encroaching in a way
Keeping sober preventing a fray
One needs an open mind I stress
Ambivelant thoughts make a mess
God’s creation we should not miss
Allow ourselve its sights and bliss
Finished our swim with elation
Elicited a smile of appreciation
We’d swam in perfect formation
During a forty minutes duration
Francis Ruiter May 2004
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