baby humpback whale eye stares back at photographer in moment of connection in the ocean of French Polynesia

eye to eye

I've been waiting for the words to describe this moment, this feeling, this connection. 

each time I look at the photo and wait for ehe words to come, my chest swells with a full heart and quiet breath. 

this moment was a feeling -- a full-bodied, soul-opening feeling... 

as brief as a raindrop landing on your lip, as full as a flood carrying you out to sea.

I'd felt it before when I held a newborn baby, who locked eyes with me before falling asleep in my arms... 

how there was something knowing, clever, curious, and vulnerable behind her eyes... how I yearned to care for and connect with these soul...

how they felt like a beautiful song, all melody, no words...

the only difference was... this moment with with baby whale was without touch, with a soul whose body could never be carried in my arms...

I wonder if I'll see her again, if we will come together in the symphony of the ocean, like two notes destined to be played together by some divine composer...

I wonder, and I hope. 

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