Had any weird dreams recently?
Well not recently, but I had a dream so strange that I wrote it down. Here goes:
Starlight reflects from the surface of the lagoon. Eerie dark blue shades form under the shadowy water. I take slow measured breaths from the regulator and adjust my diving mask. From the deep a huge body appears, a biological submarine. The ancient predator faces me head on and stops two feet to my front. Its perfect gray skin reflects the fractured light of the heavenly luminaries. All is calm.
I speak yet my lips do not form the words (but yet they are): "Won't you die if you don't move?".
"It's your dream not mine", the megalodon replies deeply, serenely.
"You have a message for me?"
The waves ebb to and fro with the rhythms of the ocean.
"We are sorry for feeding on your species from time to time. Most of us do not appreciate your taste"
I digest this insight and reply: "Thank you for the apology. Will you stop doing it then?". I can hear the constant clicks of the coral on the ocean floor.
"No. It is the way of nature".
A minute passes in silence, or maybe an hour.
"If we meet again would you spare me?" I ask hopefully and immediately I regret asking the question.
"No" comes the reply in a thoughtful monotone.
"I understand."
Megalodon slowly starts to turn.
"Do you have any... any advice for me?", I stutter.
“Yes... when diving, do not relieve yourself in your wetsuit”.
The gushes from its tail causes me to tumble over as sand particles cloud the water. As the murk clears I can see it has disappeared into the deep. The waves move me ever so slightly, to and fro, to and fro. I can hear the clicks of the coral on the ocean floor. In the distance a wave breaks.
