What is it that makes the whale sharks
\nDecide
\nTo come to the Galapagos
\nNo one’s denied
\nTheir beauty their wondrousness
\nHow they pacify
\nAnyone passing
\nAnd wondering why<\/p>\n
The last ocean sanctuaries
\nSeemed so jam full
\nChangeable currants
\nOne hell of a pull
\nECuador’s islands
\nForgotten by time
\nOn the land and the sea
\nIts really where I’m<\/p>\n
So fascinated, what is there to see
\nThe great giant souls
\nPregnant females who be
\nHere for the plankton the krill maybe so
\nWhatever quite soon
\nAll of them go
\nSome north and east to Peru
\nWhich is why
\nWe tag them to track them
\nAnd learn to rely<\/p>\n
This is Darwin Island
\nAnd the magnificent arch
\nThese great spotted beasts
\nWhose apparent march
\nCan be must forever
\nNobody knows
\nTill this satellite tracking
\nData just grows<\/p>\n
At 18 metres long
\nAnd 30 tons weight
\nThey can live 70 years
\nAnd they are quite sedate
\nSwimming mouths open
\nScooping so much
\nOf the plankton into them
\nThey are so in touch<\/p>\n
With the ocean they live in
\nUndeniably so
\nIts the sum and the substance
\nThe immortal flow
\nThey have swum here for aeons
\nAnd as we know
\nWere already here
\nWhen the dinosaurs came
\nDesigned to perfection
\nFor they have stayed the same<\/p>\n
China unfortunately
\nDares to advance
\nHunting these creatures
\nWhen they get the chance
\nFor their fins nit for soup
\nBut for decoration
\nDried in shop windows
\nAs a celebration<\/p>\n
And oil from their blubber
\nUsed for proofing clothes
\nThese silent sentinels
\nEveryone loathes
\nThis terrible waste of such a
\nBeautiful soul
\nWhose gentle persuasion
\nOfcourse they enrol<\/p>\n
The flesh is so white
\nWhen its cooked that they call
\nIt “tofu”shark
\nAnd as a rule
\nThis majestic whale
\nIs butchered in pain
\nJust sliced up alive
\nAs its warm blood does drain<\/p>\n
The galapagos islands
\nHave seen visitors come
\nThe giant tortoises
\nWashed in and some
\nIguana came on rafts
\nMyriad souls
\nUnique varieties
\nEach with their own roles<\/p>\n
What of their fates
\nIn the oceans of grime
\nGreat showers of plastic
\nAnd ugly slime
\nDark fukushima its evil
\nSpreads large
\nCesium and strontium
\nNo camouflage
\non earth
\nCan prevent
\nImpregnation now by
\nThe currents the invisible soup
\nTo belie<\/p>\n
The threats just a maniac
\nNow would accept
\nThat the PAcific Ocean
\nHOw ever adept
\nYou are at withstanding
\nThe Natural World
\nWhat We are now doing
\nAs we are all hurled
\nInto its maelstrom of evil intent
\nWhich i can assure you
\nIn not heaven sent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
What is it that makes the whale sharks Decide To come to the Galapagos No one’s denied Their beauty their wondrousness How they pacify Anyone passing And wondering why The last ocean sanctuaries Seemed so jam full Changeable currants One … Continue reading