Into the Icy Sea – v3

We all took tentative, cautious

steps into the icy sea

cold, cold,  Maine salt water

Unsure of the wisdom

of our temporary sojourn

walking out from shore,

tide rising, coming in,

bringing numbing cold,

and a soup of baby jellyfish.

At least the cold

took the sting out.

Edited August 2, 2013

“Into the Icy Sea – v3”

Title 8/9/07, poem August 10, 2007 9:01am

“Into the Icy Sea”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2007/08/into-icy-sea.html

Rogue Bluff Beach

Our mission trip,

from Wesley United Methodist Church,

Concord, NH and from First United Methodist Church,

Hudson, MA to Jacksonville and Machias, ME

to the Down East Maine Mission,

Jacksonville United Methodist Campground,

East Machias, ME

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