up where we belong

up where we belong, originally uploaded by gawdessness.

Sea World
meant
being checked for weapons at the entrance
and me not figuring that out till later
babbling to the guard about the illicit food we were smuggling in
being okay because it was for our daughter who is celiac
and
it meant
sore feet from walking all day
and
beluga whales circling
walruses doing underwater somersaults
and
dolphins
soaring