Getting to know you
Loch Lomond - Scotland

The original photograph on a daytrip with my partner
This poem is from the day

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Getting to Know You
Marvelling at those moments, all so new,
The unexpected, unannounced expressions of joy,
Entering the cold, cold loch on a hot day,
Taking off half your clothes— to hell with who’s watching.
But it’s me watching, in sheer delight,
With a boyish smirk across my face.
The boats, paddleboarders, the loch itself—
All there with their own agendas on a sunny day in June.
“Come on in,” you call for the third time.
“I’m happy watching,” and I truly am.
To see one so happy in the moment gives me pleasure;
I’ll take my fill too on this hot day in June, beside Loch Lomond.