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Eyes closed, I lay on my back
In the warmth of the sun,
Gently undulating sea beneath,
Bathed in calmness and peace.
Starting upright, treading water,
I saw that I had drifted far out
Taken by the current and now
Gripped by the undertow.
Then, from the corner of my eye
A fin appeared, slicing the swells,
A heart-stopping moment as I knew
He would be first in the queue.
BUMP, BUmp, bump…
A dolphin knocked against my legs;
Instinctively I opened a pathway
And he swam between, rising up,
And upwards until I lay on his back.
He carried me to the ocean shelf
Where he stopped before the shallows
And watched ‘til I was safely aground
Then with a splash of his tail he was gone.
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©Denise G Allen, 07 August 2013 14:55
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07/08/2013 at 3:21 pm
This is great, thanks for sharing!
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16/08/2013 at 8:10 am
Glad you liked it and hope to see you again. 🙂
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07/08/2013 at 3:36 pm
Brilliant… for a minute there I thought you were about to become shark bait… but the good old dolphin came to the rescue…
I witnessed at Southbroom a whale with it’s young right at the break water, where I believe if the mother had got closer she wouldn’t have been able to get out again, the youngster was in trouble and while we watched, a pod of dolphin arrived and hassled the youngster to the other side of the mother so that she could push him/her out to sea again… Linda and I plus a whole group of others, watched this for about an hour,… naturally the camera was at home…
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16/08/2013 at 8:12 am
Wow, you are lucky to have witnessed that, Bulldog. I have read similar stories about how they assist both humans and other sea-going animals as well as ships…
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07/08/2013 at 4:38 pm
Wonderful tale, adee. Is it a true story, or a daydream? 🙂
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07/08/2013 at 5:51 pm
I wondered that too.
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16/08/2013 at 8:13 am
I wish it were true, AD… 😀
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07/08/2013 at 6:32 pm
sweetly metaphoric, Denise – gives me a warm feeling
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16/08/2013 at 8:15 am
I love seeing the interactions between humans and animals, Ruth. I seem to be noticing them more and more too as I get older.
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07/08/2013 at 9:33 pm
That’s pretty cool
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16/08/2013 at 8:15 am
Thanks, Nic. 🙂
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07/08/2013 at 9:36 pm
Fabulous, Denise. Nice twist there!
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16/08/2013 at 8:16 am
So pleased you liked it, Tom.
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07/08/2013 at 10:40 pm
ha. you realize in my case this is a true story…was out with my son and two fins came up…they turned out to be dolphins…but i was def scared….
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16/08/2013 at 8:18 am
Easy to mistake at first – and the relief when you realise it – hard to describe!
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08/08/2013 at 3:21 am
Feelgood poem of the day. Well done.
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16/08/2013 at 8:18 am
Oy, thanks Mike! 🙂
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08/08/2013 at 10:36 am
A brilliant story, Denise. Thank you.
You folk must be approaching spring now. Wh are passing high summer, so Autumn is not so far away.
John
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16/08/2013 at 8:22 am
Thanks for the comment, John. Yes, spring is on the edge of the doorstep, but this has been such a mild winter. Most days are lovely, only the chill in the wind when it blows gives the game away. Most days are in the 20’s and only a couple of days a month are in the mid to high teens.
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08/08/2013 at 5:57 pm
I love the stories you tell in/with your poems, adee 🙂
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16/08/2013 at 8:22 am
Thanks, Hope, I appreciate that! 🙂
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09/08/2013 at 5:12 pm
Did you accidentally entice us with this enthralling dolphin tale of yours, or was it done on “porpoise”? Sorry, sometimes I can’t help myself. Really, I can’t..lol
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16/08/2013 at 8:24 am
Bwahahaha, Jake. Don’t apologise – I love your sense of humour!
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16/08/2013 at 4:44 pm
It’s about the only “sense” I have Denise.But thank you.
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