I Whale

I Whale - Mount Eerie

So I set out on the sea

With a little food for me

And a sharp harpoon

For the whale that I'm hunting

The fine women on the shore

They called out give us more

But I have nothing

To give as if I did before

Before my house burned down last night

And I killed my friends in a fight

So like I said I paddled out

In mourning light

To see if I could see

A shape come from the deep

Or if I could hear it's song of love at night

Taunt me

And though I know I'm getting some

My fingers are getting numb

I sit and toss

And the cold waves wash over me

And I've been out here for sixty days

There's no sign of spout or spray

And the cold dark night

Falls down on the flat black sea

In the calm I close my eyes

I lean back

Rock from side to side

I am placid

The night has slowly gone starry skies

With half closed eyes

But with a thump thump beneath my boat

Watch the water rise

And storms rage and my

Skiff crumbles

And the whale beneath

Assails and humbles

It says

Knock knock from beneath

You know it's me

I'm your heart

I'm a whale on the bottom of the deep black sea

My mouth

Is wide and toothy