Cold Sea
The shark is a simple creature and cannot think of anything other than eating and sleeping. Such a simple beast but it is happy with it’s life. From time to…
(Day 32) Air vs. Water
I’ve heard this sound in movies. Hell, I guess I’ve heard this before when I was a kid in the damn pool. I would jump in, hit the bottom with my palms and…
(Day 21) Emotional Band-Aids
Some of the best memories I have of being in the service have nothing to do with the actual Navy itself. They have everything to do with the people I was…
The Call of the Sea - description
This sand has been here for decades. It is always changing, but always here. It absorbs the warmth of the sun, feeding it back even when darkness has fallen…
You will be Forgotten
I stood there, at the precipice of self-annihilation, looking down at the sea of sorrows ready to swallow me whole. I made no effort to keep my balance; only…
Lesson from Poseidon
Panic is pointless, but my heart is still racing. Sinking, faster the more I relive my sinning. Be it delirium from drowning, or a vibration from…
Suicide by Poseidon?
I had gotten used to tempting fate and getting away with it. Cheap drugs, fast women, and wild gambling streaks all left me unaffected. Hell, I’ve survived…
The Edge of Europa
They didn’t believe the first patrols who reported the phenomenon. Too long in the wilderness must have addled their brains, scoffed the civil servants in the…
An Ocean's Fury
In the middle of the ocean, a fierce storm rages. The roaring wind makes the ocean churn and boil. Raindrops fall from the sky like marbles, turning the once…
Sub one
“100 meters to go Sir” said the nav master as the rescue sub moved slowly towards the surface. From there it was to find the research vessel. The surface had…
Sundee night dream
Under the tides, with foam, fluffy, like whip cream, the setting sun, the cherry on top, of this, Sundee night Dream. The stars become, sprinkles, the night…
Pre-Days
As the helicopter blades made frantic circles over the ocean I started to fall asleep. I knew I should be alert, possibly even on guard but these past few days…
crab walk gridlock
The scraggly kid poked his brain out the water at me, bobbing up and down in the murk green salty sea like a floaty barnacle. His swim trunks ballooned around…
Highest Heights
What is existence without drama? That’s why, even in this place, traversing the dangerous unknown is necessary. I’ve gathered my closest friends, old…
From the Deep
A discordant wailing sound filled the air as the priests began to play a gigantic set of pipes that looked as ancient as the rocks themselves, weaving a melody…
Sailor, Oh, Sailor!
After three summers, across the solid white quay, the red-haired sailor trudged through the ankle-deep shore back to me. Since his departure, a coastal war…
Stuck
The white t-shirt sticks to my stomach, turned see-through by the churning, spitting sea. Froth bubbles in my hair, disappearing as my head tucks under several…
Memories
Then he realizes that “here”, in an exact sense, keeps changing. He hasn’t stopped walking. Even when he turned to see where he’d come from, his feet kept…
Awakened
Sand. Wet Sand. Water. Where am i? The taste of salt. Turning ‘round, he takes in his surroundings. The beach stretches before him for what seems like miles…
Time is Running Out
“We could change our names, or even move to another country.” Arnie said to his brother Arnold who was standing next to a stream of water that connected his…