Exploring My Deep Connection to the Ocean: A Personal Reflection

February 21st, 2024

You know that undeniable feeling of being in the water and feeling so free?

Yeah, that one.

I can't tell you how much I crave that feeling. And it isn't something I can really claim as my own connection to the ocean, but I thought I would share it and put it into words.

If you surf or dive or go to the beach regularly, or even if you just like the beach and go for vacation once a year, you know the joy of floating around and watching the sunset. You unveil all bad energy and feels a rush of peace come over you.

I typically share this connection in photos and on my page. But today, I'm choosing a different medium.

In high school, I loved writing poetry. I was an angsty, alt teen that loved the Vaccines, thrifting, and film. What can I say? haha. But recently, I've been writing again.

I had to put this on paper. A couple weeks ago as I was shooting photos in the water, I stood on the edge of my fins. And I felt something.

I felt that same rush of peace and joy that I mentioned. I mean, who wouldn't, watching the sunset in the ocean?

And.... something special happened. I danced in the waves. Little 8-year old ballerina me (who danced from dusk to dawn from ages 4-16) felt like she was on her very tip toes standing tall in the waves ever so gracefully.

It was AMAZING. I realized at that moment that I danced in the waves and heard the music.

Here is my lil' poem.

wave dancer

at that moment

i stood on fins and waltzed on the ocean floor

swaying in the tide 

i was a dancer

bowing down beneath the surface 

swimming in and out of the clouds 

light and free 

a sunset sonata

of saltwater and swell

i am a dancer

a beautiful melody 

a happy song

that begun when the waves picked me up

 and stretched me out to the sky 

Love,

Alison