"Inspiration"
A whale, like a human, has a heart.
Its heart is so large a grown man can curl into one chamber,
and fall asleep.
He would not be cold as he slept for the whale is warm blooded.
The heart pulses, and the blood surges through the whole beast.
The blood moves through the veins in the whale's lungs
and transports oxygen to the muscles.
So works our body.
The whale's blubber keeps it warm at the ocean's greatest
depths.
It sounds down until it begins to run out of breath.
Then, at depth, the whale pivots, swims upward,
and reaches the surface to take a breath.
The whale emerges from unfathomable depths
to take another breath.
Men see her, men take a breath, and they sing out.