The Sea Song

It was a night like any night
The night it all would change
The weather took a turn for worse
The boat began to clang

Off he toppled down below
He thrashed and fought to live
But as he gasped to take a breath
The waves just would not give

And as the water burned his lungs
It's then he saw her there
She pressed her silent lips to his
And filled his lungs with air

It's then he heard a gentle voice
singing soft and sweet
"It's not your time to meet the end
Your life's still incomplete"

She wrapped him in her steady arms
And up she raced above
She set him down before the boat
And gave him one hard shove

He toppled in a foggy daze
And turned to help her in
But down she dove into the depths
With a splash of her large fin

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Jessica Lonczak 2021