The water’s cold and it’s very very deep.
There’s a long long way to go, I’m often tired and want to sleep.
IÂ don’t know where I’m heading but I hope it’ll be ok,
And that most of all that the tiredness and the coldness goes away.
It’s been going on for so long and I often want to stop,
And fall below the waters into that icy peaceful drop.
I’m scared of what I’ll find below, if I do give up,
I’m scared how long I’ll keep going, if conditions don’t let up.
I’ve met other swimmers from their own unfriendly seas.
They came to mine for a while, as I was tired, […]