Great White

foolish harbor seal

brown pelt this is no way

to go under

time and again

great white craving

your sustenance

devouring your muscle and fat

eating what you strive for

ingesting what you believe

swallowing your purpose

consuming you

in a sudden but brief

soul crushing frenzy

of salt and blood

sated

having taken

    what it

wants

  slipping

beneath

   to

where

    currents

    flow steady

 and rich

     with oxygen

where the ocean

    is black and

safe where what

   is invisible

 moves

   forward

with no effort

waiting

  sea sliding

through its gills

     neither

awake

nor

   asleep