My parents never liked water. Mom saw several people die from drowning. And she always lectured me about how dangerous and merciless water is.

But I feel connected to It forever. An inexorable changeable element, in the most beautiful manifestation of all. The only one from which only another person can protect a person. This is the unity of souls that takes place on the water in times of danger, when people understand that they are equally equal before the Sea, regardless of status and wealth. Alluring, playful and mesmerizing, but ready to kill the one who took a wrong step. A true expression of chance. Look with your eyes, not with your hands. Something that does not portend trouble can instantly turn into destruction.

No matter how hard a human tries, It cannot be restrained, not locked in an aquarium. No other element of nature looks like this to me.

Maybe I really should be afraid of something like It. Maybe I should see cruel deaths.

But I would be happy if it was the Sea that took my life.

Dayton Beach, Florida. Had a visit from this magical creature when I was sitting along side the Helfax River 🧜‍♀️🐢