The Silencing and the Singing

We are all of the sea     we are saline-steeped     all

All      have blood gifted by ocean ancestors

but you Cetaceans are set     apart

you returned

resettled the Deeps.

And so I call to you – brother sister cousin     alter ego      shadow –

Friend

hear me through the diesel churn     the propeller surge

the cavitation that robs you of

communication     navigation     reproduction     LIfe

let me be the frequency

the apology

the pilot that sings you safely     home.