I think we all have little foibles unique to each of us. Humorous or not, they’re part of life. One of my biggest fears has to do with swimming in and around docks, especially big, old rusty docks. My grandparents have a lake house where all we do is swim, usually away from the docks, but we’re always around them. If I were ever pushed in by the docks, I would freak out and climb out as soon as I could.
Maybe it’s the looming possibility of a sea monster coming up from the depths, or that everything that I touch is covered in slimy moss, algae, and creepy crawlies that makes me despise being aywhere around those old rotting docks. The aged, green, smelly styrophome that the wood sits on just doesnt to it for me. I used to never be able to get in the water. Now, if I had to, I would, but I won’t like it. Everyone I’ve talked to doesn’t blame me; those docks at the lake are down right scary. I suppose they’re so scary because under the water lies unknown territory, and difficult to explore. There is no way of telling what is down there, which is very daunting. There could be hungry jaws waiting to gobble me up, or it could just be a refreshing swim.
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ReplyDeleteI like your piece. I like your details while giving descriptions of your feelings and the places you are talking about.
ReplyDeleteI like how easily it is to relate to your piece. When I was young I watched jaws a few days before my family and I went and stayed at a lake house. The whole time we were there I kept expecting a giant shark/monster to jump up and devour me and the dock that I was standing on. I really liked in the last sentence how you contrasted the phrases "hungry jaws" and "a refreshing swim."
ReplyDeleteI so understand!! I love the lake but there is something about swimming by docks that is gross and creepy, I think it is like you said how everything is slimy. Ugh! I hate the feeling that something is going to grab you at any second!!
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