God's Plan For Diver Dan
Being environmentalist scuba diver's
we ferried our boat out east of the Farallon Islands,
in the waters by the Golden Gate Bridge we ended up scuba diving,
awestruck by the great humpback whale entangled in the quagmire,
Noticing she was bogged down by 100s of lbs of crab traps,
entangled with line rope round her whole body way up to her mouth,
getting our curved knives out we didn't want to waste any time,
steadily and carefully carving through the quagmire of trap lines,
The whole time the whale watched me as I cut through the lines,
this one being very close to her inquisitive whale eyes,
finally freed after cutting for hours she swam around most joyously,
nudging me gently as if to warmly and personally thank me,
In my mind's eye this will alway's be a very special day,
watching that magnificent animal swim off finally free to swim and play,
this great mammal acting so patient and intelligently,
freeing God's great sea creatures was surely my destiny.
11-25-16
Copyright © Cheryl Hoffman | Year Posted 2016
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