A Whale's Last Dive

It starts with a tingle in the stomach

Ragged breath and rough skin

The waves sweep mourning tides

A burning yearning

For one last dive

The water lurches making way

As great flippers push through the water

One last dive

Until the afterlife

The whale breaks through the sea 

And rushing waves greet thee

One last dive

Before the whale's demise

The whale's carcass is devoured by sharks

Shaken by fish

Dissolved by plankton

Another ecosystem risen from a death

A fuel for the ocean

From one last dive