6.6.2023~ Too Real Tuesday Writing Prompt ~ The Power of Purposeful Writing ~ Daily Writing Prompts~ Writing Practice for Balance and Creativity

Suze Muses

Today, I swam beside a harbor seal. I headed to the bay super early this morning to beat the rain. I heard my dad’s voice in my head saying. “Don’t get wet.” Without fail whenever I’d head for a swim under threat of rain or the very thing, that’s what he’d say. I always laughed. Today, the air was filled with a light wafting fog hurried along by an occasional gust. I could only see part of the Golden Gate Bridge but the tall ships were in full view, lolling from side to side with the rolling swells. Walking into that salt water, I go fast; my baptism is bracing and sacred. I head straight out when I see a black head just above the surface, cruising fast. As I turn toward the Hyde Street Pier, I look over and see that the silky dark head is a seal not another swimmer. We swim parallel until she ducks under to points unknown, leaving me giddily happy. I keep my head up as I swim hoping she might reappear but no. That’s okay. I am changed. A couple of situations in my life are proving quite difficult lately. The bay’s healing brine is unfailing. My stress and anxiety ebb out with the tide. But that seal this morning pulled my sadness under and away, far, far away.

Too Real Tuesday Writing Prompt ~ Write about something unexpected that happened to you. How did it change you?