I Had a Dream

                                    Bar Beach; New South Wales

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I HAD A DREAM!

We used to swim every morning;

Not in an athletic way,

Let it be said!

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We swam like two old codgers

Brought up in inland Britain.

Our childhood memories of the sea

Were painted grey.

And chilly.

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Swimming-pools

Didn't enter our equation.

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On my local Australian beach

Doggy-paddling was my forte.

I was admired

For my cheerful flop and splash.

(Not really!)

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But oh the bliss of it!

The green water

Patterned with hexagons.

The blue sky.

The fresh breeze.

The grace

Of a body under-water.

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The tingling skin

As we walked home

Under an increasingly ferocious sun.

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This was what I dreamed of during English winters!

Not many people

Have dreams come true!

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Somehow

As the years have advanced,

And the body has sagged

More and more,

We have let the habit sag too.

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We no longer swim.

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But the dream

Is still on my doorstep.

A short walk to the sea

And it's all there.

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Just not for me.

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A different view of Australian beach culture here:

http://rinklyrimes.blogspot.com/2008/06/18-nelsons-name.html