Drowning Porpoise

I saw a porpoise beached
On a starfish-looking eve
What come is not what I look for
But I go to the porpoise stranded
On coarse sand just beyond reach
Of his original life

I looked into his teary eyes
And I asked, "Why are you here?"
And he said, "I was looking,"
"What are you looking for?"
"I was looking for life."
So I was amused
And the whole world should be

"Isn't your life in the sea?"
Then the porpoise wept,
Drawing his last breath,
I look on with indifference.
"Isn't your life in the sea?"
His thirsty skin was drying from the even winds

"Isn't your life in the sea?"
I asked indifferently again
"I was drowning in the sea!"
So I laughed!
I said, "I'd drown if I stay in the sea,
"You're a porpoise thus breathe the sea."

Then the dying porpoise said,
"Was I not fed with milk?
"Does not warm blood runs in my veins?
"I but only hold my breath longer in the sea,
"And I am sick of holding my breath."

Nevertheless, I told the porpoise indifferently,
"So you are right,
"And rightly you will die
"On this starfish-looking eve."
And I walked away leaving him to rot.

'Firday, June 22, 2007'