Stars in Her eyes

the weekly doom scroll

stopped.

my fingertips hover over the screen.

time stood still.

 

The Eye of a Female Humpback Whale,

‘Sweet Girl’

stares back at me.

a black void with rings of striking,

sapphires, lapis and indigos.

 

she pierces my heart, her voiceless scream

both deep and ancient somehow,

sings ‘I’m alive’

 

she reveals the secrets of the universe,

ocean galaxies,

with thousands of burning stars.

 

I can’t turn away

it’s eating at me.

She has me.

 

the more I dwell here, the fear creeps in. I’m dragged

down

drowning in her eerie blues.

 

a window into her soul,

is it a warning or a reminder?

 

we are not alone,

we share this world.

 

it’s a shame she never saw the propeller coming.