It’s like swimming with say... Manta Rays. It’s amazingly fascinating and fun, but it also has an element of danger. A school of Manta Ray is not aggressive per se, but when they go cruising by, swinging those long tails with the VERY sharp barbs on the end, it’s only a matter of time before you get hit.
That’s probably why I am somewhat of a loner. As much as I enjoy the company of other women, I don’t usually swim in a school. There is always an intricate hierarchy, too many dynamics already in place.
I usually feel like the clown fish, swimming in and out among the anemones, trying to avoid the stinging tentacles. It’s exhausting and not really all that worth it, because more often than not, I come away stung and tattered, with puncture wounds all over my dignity. Painful to say the least. It's enough to make me want to get out of the water.
Maybe I should just swim nearer the shore. Play in the waves with a few really good dolphin friends I have in my life. Not venture out too deep.
You never know what’s out there in the dark water… maybe something that bites.
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I think thats one of my favorites. What is up with {endif} stuff on there though?
ditto...i know exactly what those barbs feel like...
Well Dolphins & God will protect you even in the deep waters.
A beautiful way of saying that. I am also not a very good friend and I don't swim in schools, not so much cause I fear the barbs but because I prefer the freedom. Lovely writing.
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