A triangular fin
Slices through the surface …
Menacing.
Bathers run in fear
Sensing danger near.
Panic ensues.

Mothers grab their children and run.
The end of a day of such fun.
Then up through the roiling froth
Pokes a snout.
A dolphin looks about.
What’s all the fuss?

There’s no danger.
No dark and scary stranger.
You did mistake me.
Do not forsake me.
Look within …
Beyond the fin.

Misperceptions
Based on what you see.
There’s no need to flee.
Look more closely.
See with new eyes.
Then prepare for the greatest surprise
Of your life.