Cetacean Reverie

with powerful fins and tail
he could easily oust
the trespasser

neither omnipresent
nor omnipotent
Orca holds space
within the depths

actively observing
constantly moving
for to ossify
means death

gazing upward
not yet aware
of the overture
to conflict

flash of sunlight
as an oar
shatters boundary
between sea and sky

cocksure ferryman
reminiscing

distant memories
gardens
of olive and oleander
languorous lovemaking
on sheltered shore

unaware of the
whale below
who in an instant
might cast him into oblivion