A Whale's Choice

The whale in the ocean stared at the eagle,
the beauty of its wing...
Mesmerized, it jumped high and high,
All it wanted was to reach that high.

The higher it leaped
the deeper did it plunge
into the abyss of the ocean.
And in all that leap it did forget the pearl
groomed under the waters, waiting for its time.

"Pearl and pearl, are all the same
but the pearl you could find will be all but great
only if you see the pearl that no one saw.

All you see is the wings in the sky
and all you forget is of the fins you have,
the power you have to win the deadly sea
yet you wonder why you can`t fly!
All I pray is you to sway
for the stormy skies might make you rough
and the tough you stand the weak you become ,
so swim across the deadly dark
and you shall find the pearl of love.
The black pearl in a white little chest.

You may as well seek the horizon
for all you have to be and do
is look ahead the eagle`s wings
and look ahead the dark full clouds
and amidst those standing by,
then all you will see is the horizon.

If you seem so struck by wings,
you do realize that you have fins?
Fins are no less than wings
but fins, they are meant to swim.
And if u but think to fly
all I say is you shall drown in solemn still.

And if you shall swim swift with your fins
in search of the fin that fits.
You could search the troves of love,
you could search the troves of ecstasy
that is laid deep under the waves of the sea.

yet  if you seem unmoved,
you do know that wings don`t swim
and if they swim it`s not so deep
and if deep they did
it`s not that deep where the troves are dug.

The wayward you swim mesmerized by the wings,
you forget the fact that whirlpool`s ahead,
the pool of death,
the pool that could break your fins
and make you drown.
Drown in the salty waters that fills you around.

And there you go to the pool of death
with me sad and still.
All I could do is pray you drown,
Drown with lesser bruise and better days"

Now and then I think of it
the giant blue whale who had  a hint of wit.
It`s giant head with a hole in it.

                           -Adil Shereef