Put on the equipment...the fins, the mask, the snorkel. Walk into the water a bit awkwardly......stretch out on your stomach and slowly kick.
Looking down, listening to the sounds of your breathing.....in and out of the snorkel. Other sounds fade away.....the regular everyday world fades away. Peace.
Spotted parrotfish, sergeant majors in a swarm, blue tang darting behind a piece of coral. A line of curious squid in formation. A beautiful queen angelfish. Sea turtles, one very large with two remoras on its shell. A yellow spotted ray flying by and a small flounder hiding below me in the sand......perfect camoflage. A four foot barracuda......mouth gaping to display its teeth, watches closely as I float by. Fan coral waving in the current. One file fish, mounds of brain coral. Butterfly fish and grunts. A school of porgies.......grey/blue flashes as they move away.
This world beneath the surface.......invisible unless you put on the equipment and enter. So astonishingly beautiful......
Gorgeous...I’m so jealous 🙃
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