HAVE YOU TRIED TO SEE?

Have You Tried To See?

There is a whirlpool in the middle

Of the ocean where the fish do not lay eggs.

There is a dark end of the pool where

No light can escape.  It is so deep and

Dark, it attacks the fish, and they

Run away, scared, terrified they will

Die.  Some people

Have tried to swim in it.  Including fish.

But no one has ever come out of it,

Safe and whole, they are always shuddering

And looking for a psychologist to tell them

Their prognosis.  Sometimes it does not look

Good for the fish, especially the porpoises,

Who spend their entire time swimming in circles,

Trying to capture the moment before they entered

The godforsaken hellhole, the prison that is

This whirlpool.  It is out of their hands now.

They cannot save anyone who dwells in it.

They cannot even save themselves. 

The whirlpool is there, watching and waiting,

Waiting and watching, and no one is safe from it

Except the fish who avoid it in the first place.

Avoid the dark places.  Always seek the light.