I went back tonight just to be sure it was real...
Walking on the beach these last evenings. A few circuits and into the darkness of my favorite stretch of coastline.
I saw a glimmer of light at my heel. Then again. The glint of the moon on my ocean kissed boots?
Nope. The moon was not up yet.
Every step a glint or two. Now sometimes in front or adjacent my feet.
"Now this is interesting" I thought.
A Micheal Jackson moment? The beach lighting up with my feet as if I was in a nature lovers version of the 1980's "Billie Jean" video.
A quick moon walk and yes the sand was lighting up under my feet.
Bioluminescence baby. "Sorry dudes!" I kept walking.
Imagine walking on crystal sands under the stars. Now reach up, grab some sky and flip up so that you are walking upside-down watching your feet obscure the heavens. As you walk the stars around each foot begin to scintilate a bright green blue a few inches (light years?) surrounding your foot as you put your weight on it. Then they go back to normal.
That's what it looked like.
You can come down now.
So there is some kind of dinoflagellate bloom of my little pyrrophytic friends going on in the sand at my favorite beach.
Is there an up-welling of cold Monterey trench waters chock full of nutrients? Perhaps in Winter due to global warming?
Are the bioluminescent dinos here to meet and procreate?
Tomorrow night I will bring my fire poi and burn green (ETOH and MgSO4) to signal a welcome from the two legeds and give a thanks for the last few nights display.
I might hum along to the old Michael Jackson song while moon-walking and spinning fire.
P.S. Let me know if you want to check it out with me.
i'll catch the next shooting star to monterey to join you moonwalker...
ReplyDeletein the meantime, your post reminds me of a poem i wrote last year...i'll see if i can dig it up
ok, here's the poem:
ReplyDelete"the journey of one solitary soul"
i remember a time
when i swam in the sea
my fins pushing softly
at the water around me
i came to the shore
and there i found legs
to keep moving forward
now lifting my head
the sun shining brightly
so much warmth in this land
wanting to reach out and touch it
i then found my hands
i took a breath in
expanding my lungs
such joy flooded over
a song to be sung
my soul then breathed out
releasing all fear
this life is so beautiful
the message so clear
eyes scanning wildly
the colors so bright
i unfolded my wings
readied for flight
my feet left the ground
my body so free
the earth i so loved
far beneath me
then darkness descended
obscuring my sight
but deep within me
i remembered the light
so i continued my flight
riding the currents that came
rising and falling
without fear, so untamed
but then the rains came
my wings became wet
heavy with moisture
my fate now seemed set
falling through storm clouds
chilled to the bone
suddenly i realized
i was completely alone
chaos around me
screaming within
afraid of my future
and the places i'd been
i searched for the memories
of love, joy, not pain
where was my center?
was i going insane?
my muscles contracted
it had to be near
the hard truth below me
the end that i feared
but instead of the earth
i fell through the waves
into the cradle of water
my soul had been saved
my journey had started
right here in the sea
the beginning and end
always present in me
~ ginna grace ~ winter hibernation 2008~
Beautiful Ginna. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteThe secret luminescent spot is below the PB golf course.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if fertilizer run off is enabling the dinos to survive...