POEM – Killer Whale

I’m in a tiny boat

Rowing my way across the ocean

Underneath me swims a giant whale

She’s quiet and terrifying in her beauty

Sometimes she nudges the boat

A reminder that she’s there

Then she swims off

Leaving me fairly undisturbed

If I forget to speak to her

She knocks into the boat

Until I lose my footing

But I talk her back to calmness

I never forget she’s lurking

Always right under the surface

At any moment she can flip the entire boat

Sometimes she does it just for fun

She could hold me under water

She could swallow me whole

But she prefers a slow death

Not one to cut her fun short

She’s cruel but comforting

We are toxic to each other

When she drifts too far away

I search to bring her back

Solace in misery

Drifting along the waves she that creates

And that I crave

Never to find the shore