Beyond the Breakers
To the naked eye all you can see,
is the breakers coming ashore individually,
but as I dive in one of them and start to tread,
my imagination starts to fill me with dread,
Wondering whats lurking out in the ocean,
thinking my eyes spied an underwater dark motion,
could it be a giant octopus or a great white shark,
or maybe a huge sea lion that likes to bark,
Maybe it was a giant squid or gigantic sea turtle,
my throat feeling as dry and tight as a girdle,
then whatever it was felt like it was toying with me,
that's when I swam fast back to shore quite instinctively,
Getting back to the safety of the sandy shore,
I scanned the horizon looking for giant fins and claws,
then thinking all was well as I turned to go,
a pod of dolphins jumped as if in a show.
2-4-17
Copyright © Cheryl Hoffman | Year Posted 2017
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