She sat with her feet in the rock pool…salt spray and breeze tousling her hair. A moments peace before diving into the next chapter of life. A fresh start, that was all it was, no need to be anxious. She had this….she looked down through the surface of the pool, through the clear water and seaweed and wondered what it would be like to be able to live in this little underwater kingdom. To be a teeny tiny mermaid to whom this was home. That’s when she noticed the glint of sunlight hitting metal. Curious, she dipped her hand in and down into the weed below and caught hold of a small object, pulling it from beneath the seawater. Opening her hand she was surprised to find a tiny copper diving helmet sitting in her palm.
“Well I never” she whispered. “I wonder what this tiny underwater explorer discovered…what adventures they had in this little pool.” she closed her fingers over the helmet and closed her eyes, imagining what it would be like, diving through the seaweed and down to the bottom. She could feel the cool water on her skin and the silky touch of the weed as she brushed through it, could see the rays of sunlight as they pierced through from the surface, the iridescence as they bounced back from the surface of the shells beneath. “I could stay here forever” she thought
She felt a chill so took a deep breath and opened her eyes. Water dripped from her hair and clothes, she was soaking and there was seaweed draped over her shoulder. The sun still shone, the breeze still blew. She looked down at her hand and the little helmet clasped within. “Well I never…” she muttered. Then tipped her palm to let the helmet drop back into the pool. She watched as it descended through the water, bubbles escaping as it sank back to the sand and shingle below, where it disappeared into the seaweed. She gazed into the depths of the beautiful pool a while longer and just as she turned her face away she thought she saw the flash of a tiny, iridescent fish tail vanishing into the rocks below.
She sat with her feet in the rock pool…salt spray and breeze tousling her hair. A moments peace before diving into the next chapter of life. A fresh start, that was all it was, no need to be anxious. She had this….she looked down through the surface of the pool, through the clear water and seaweed and wondered what it would be like to be able to live in this little underwater kingdom. To be a teeny tiny mermaid to whom this was home. That’s when she noticed the glint of sunlight hitting metal. Curious, she dipped her hand in and down into the weed below and caught hold of a small object, pulling it from beneath the seawater. Opening her hand she was surprised to find a tiny copper diving helmet sitting in her palm.
“Well I never” she whispered. “I wonder what this tiny underwater explorer discovered…what adventures they had in this little pool.” she closed her fingers over the helmet and closed her eyes, imagining what it would be like, diving through the seaweed and down to the bottom. She could feel the cool water on her skin and the silky touch of the weed as she brushed through it, could see the rays of sunlight as they pierced through from the surface, the iridescence as they bounced back from the surface of the shells beneath. “I could stay here forever” she thought
She felt a chill so took a deep breath and opened her eyes. Water dripped from her hair and clothes, she was soaking and there was seaweed draped over her shoulder. The sun still shone, the breeze still blew. She looked down at her hand and the little helmet clasped within. “Well I never…” she muttered. Then tipped her palm to let the helmet drop back into the pool. She watched as it descended through the water, bubbles escaping as it sank back to the sand and shingle below, where it disappeared into the seaweed. She gazed into the depths of the beautiful pool a while longer and just as she turned her face away she thought she saw the flash of a tiny, iridescent fish tail vanishing into the rocks below.
