We waited for admission,
sliding around like
disoriented ducks on ice — novices
to the winter but curious
what wonders lay in the watery depths
below — not eager to get wet.
So we wait, not sure
what may come, skating
by on what passes for looks
at this age, but certain that together
we are stronger swimmers
unafraid of the cold.
© 2021 | Phillip Knight Scott
Written for Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie’s Photo Challenge #384
Photo credit Kyle Green
Often Mumbled Musings 
It’s always, better together during the winters, compared with, being alone and, wearhering through the cold, all on, our, own…
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