Join Amanda Kelby-Dunlop as she enters beneath the covers of the ocean, dancing with the wild.
Here Amanda fulfills the dream that stirred so strongly within, following the 2019-2020 bushfires …
Photography – Amanda Kelby-Dunlop
Seal Dance
Beneath the covers of the ocean
I danced my dream with the wild.
Fairies of the fluid world-
with whom I came to share in their free-flowing flight
of playful water frolic.
At last, I have swum with the seals.
In their shallow water playground,
their underwater garden
they came before me, around me
with smooth, swift flowing grace of movement,
of beauty, power and ease.
How can I voice my heart of joy…
but to slip naturally into their share
of fluid freedom and playfulness –
this raw magic air of energy.
Through mirrored soul arching –
opening, offering of self
I twisted and twirled to their tune
through pure heart of play.
A singing dance of movement
through depth of meeting.
Filtered rays of sun above
streamed the essences of these waters that we moved through.
‘Come dance with me’….
A beautiful silent watery realm
soft light of colours,
of ocean greens and blues-
of swaying green gardens of kelp.
As they slip and twirl through the passage of water
effervescent bubbles of silver, stream from their bodies
Like fairy sprays of bubble dust,
– brushstroke blessings across the watery sky.
‘Come dance with us’….
So, in this magical suspension of fluid and time
beneath the covers of the ocean
my body sung with movement-
arched, twirled, propelled and stretched
through our shared heart of play.
I have danced my soul dream.
I have been met
in my meeting with the spirit of these
sweet fairies of the water world.
……Forever yearning now, to meet again,
returning to this sanctuary of play.
To connect with wild…………
Amanda Kelby-Dunlop
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