Cross Species Awareness

Cross Species Awareness Beneath a calm ocean, man watches a shark. They are same in size, but one has advantage. Man is wearing a wet suit and long swim fins. Shark is naked and is not bearing its teeth. Water passes silently through gills of stealthy predator. Bubbles rise from apparatus of explorer. A camera and lights fill hands of explorer. Teeth and cunning fill front of shark. Black tiger stripes and dark eyes of predator intensify beauty and exclaim an unrevealed advantage. Locked behind its inquisitive nature are rows of sharp teeth. It circles the diver, dipping and bending its fins. A menacing fin on its back and long pointed side fins, the shark does not appear as clumsy as explorer. A man clamps on to breathing device with his teeth, watching effortless movements of a curious shark. There seems to be some wariness in the predator. Its large dark eyes seem to measure any advantage. Any threat to the sea’s occupant is from surface advantage. The wary man’s feet rest on white sand trapped in fins. He could kick and flap beneath waves, but is no predator. He is either a very brave or very stupid explorer. If the sea is a playground or battlefield it belongs to the shark. If it decides, the king of the deep can bear its teeth. It can open its gaping mouth and expose rows of teeth. It can clamp on to soft flesh with an easy advantage. Such things happen often in the life of a shark. It swipes its tail side to side and climbs and dives with fins. The only help for the diver is another explorer. A spear gun or repellant may offend the predator. There is not much comfort offending such a predator. It will only find another place to sink its teeth. It is a distracting thought for an underwater explorer, to learn and gain knowledge under this creature’s advantage. It may not speak; it doesn’t have hands, but does well with fins. Ruling the depths, it is a majestic presence this shark. A vicious predator with acute senses and sharp teeth, the shark patrols oceans riding currents with strong agile fins. The explorer has the advantage of meeting it at peace. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you are intrigued by this work read and review G. D. Master’s book, “Interpretations,” free in PDF format on SmashWords.com. Simply enter “gd master” or “interpretations” in the search bar of SmashWords to find it.