My dream is an old dream. It's from when I was about 12 years old, entering early adolescence. And in my dream I am in the water, Carribean water. The wate is warm, and there is surf off in the distance. The water is clear and it seems like I am treading. As I go just beneath the surface of the water I see a shark swimming off in the distance. Maybe a white tip shark; it has a little white splotch on its dorsal.

There is a shark net in the water, between me and the shark. So I begin to spin and pull the shark net around me, encircle my body.