Float Tank<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I am floating in the dark,<\/p>\n
incapable of sinking.<\/p>\n
I almost think I like this.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Water has never really felt like a friend to me —<\/p>\n
bodies of water, that is.<\/p>\n
Water in a glass has been a mentor, a<\/p>\n
therapist, a best friend.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Bodies of water \u2013 even the shower,<\/p>\n
the tub \u2013 have sometimes felt like a threat.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I remember being in a boat \u2013<\/p>\n
all of us, with our most fun uncle \u2013<\/p>\n
on the St. Johns River,<\/p>\n
before good sense dictated life vests,<\/p>\n
and before any of us could swim.<\/p>\n
Dusk came on.<\/p>\n
My dad and his brother laughing at the alligator<\/p>\n
bumping the bottom of the boat<\/p>\n
while the outboard motor stalled again.<\/p>\n
My mother\u2019s terrified face set in a grim, angry line.<\/p>\n
I was six; I took my cues from her.<\/p>\n
If she was afraid, I should be, too.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
But this, this floating in the dark,<\/p>\n
Incapable of sinking,<\/p>\n
this is different.<\/p>\n
I feel safe.<\/p>\n
I feel nurtured.<\/p>\n
I feel calm.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
This. Is. Safe.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I am separate from the world, floating in time and space.<\/p>\n
There is nothing here but me.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
This is a meditation.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
There is nothing to see.<\/p>\n
Nothing to hear.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Me, without the world.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
The world is still out there,<\/p>\n
but it is not in here.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I, only I, am in here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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