Whales don\'t have gills like fishes do,
they take their breath from sky,
so always sleep
far from the deep...
and with half awake minds
on their air supply.
They float near the surface of oceans,
semi alert while half dreaming
of lives fully free
of human debris,
shrimp-trawling boats,
and submarines.
It\'s a wonder they still have a place,
the space for raising families...
to think they left
the land in quest
of safer, broader horizons,
as once were seas.