A Shark Swims Alone

Where the ocean ends, in a deep blue void

A shark swims alone

Finally free from the currents,

which had swept him away from his one true love

His strength was nearly depleted

Razor sharp teeth sheathed, tail still and quiet

He moves slowly, further away, further, and further

He had his chance to say goodbye

Had managed to turn

Had looked right into her soft brown eyes from across a great distance

Opened his massive jaws to speak

But nothing had come out, for he had nothing to say, he did not know what to say, or how to say it

She had seen his sadness and felt his love

Had looked at the shark and whispered, it's ok, it's alright. It will be ok

And the shark thought she had spoken the truth

But now uncertainty haunts him,

like the shadow of a fisherman with hooked barbs

Anger and loss and pain suck at him,

like the many lamprey eels fixed to his sleek body

Suddenly the sea expresses its power

And the current takes him again,

and pulls him away

Even further and further away

Eventually, again he is released, and swims alone

Alone again, from now until his end

Where the ocean ends, in the deep blue void